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GELIGNITE

• GELIGNITE (noun)
The noun GELIGNITE has 1 sense:

1. a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate

Familiarity information: GELIGNITE used as a noun is very rare.

• GELIGNITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gelignite; gelly

Hypernyms ("gelignite" is a kind of...):

dynamite (an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp)

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