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Word: Gelignite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: probably from gelatin + Latin (l)ignis ‘wood’ + -ite
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɛlɪɡnʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock-blasting.
Short Definition:high explosive made from gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
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