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 Definitions of gelignite  [ˈdʒɛl ɪgˌnaɪt]  

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Definition of 'gelignite' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gelignite
a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerine with cellulose nitrate added.

Etymology:  (gel (atin ) + L ign(is) fire + -ite1)

Definition of 'gelignite' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gelignite, gelly
a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate


Translation of 'gelignite' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an explosive
The bandits blew up the bridge with gelignite.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geligniet Arabic flag Arabic: مادَّه مُتَفَجِّرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вид експлозив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gelignite Czech flag Czech: gelignit German flag German: das Gelatinedynamit
Danish flag Danish: gelignit Greek flag Greek: ζελινίτιδα (εκρηκτική ύλη Spanish flag Spanish: gelignita
Farsi flag Farsi: ماده منفجرۀ ژلینیت Finnish flag Finnish: räjähdysaine French flag French: plastic
Hebrew flag Hebrew: גְ'לִיגנִיט Hindi flag Hindi: विस्फोटक पदार्थ नाईट्रिक Croatian flag Croatian: želatinski dinamit
Hungarian flag Hungarian: gelignit Indonesian flag Indonesian: bahan peledak Icelandic flag Icelandic: sprengihlaup
Italian flag Italian: nitroglicerina Japanese flag Japanese: 爆薬の一種 Korean flag Korean: 젤리그나이트(화약의 일종)
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gelignitas Malay flag Malay: gelignit Dutch flag Dutch: geligniet
Norwegian flag Norwegian: gelatindynamitt Polish flag Polish: rodzaj nitrogliceryny Persian flag Persian: ماده منفجرۀ ژلینیت
Pashto flag Pashto: چاودېدونكى، اوراخيستونكى: Portuguese flag Portuguese: gelignite Romanian flag Romanian: ex­plo­zibil
Russian flag Russian: гелигнит Slovak flag Slovak: gelignit Slovenian flag Slovenian: plastično razstrelivo
Serbian flag Serbian: gelignit Swedish flag Swedish: spränggelatin Thai flag Thai: การระเบิด
Turkish flag Turkish: jelatinli dinamit Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 硝化甘油炸藥 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гелігніт
Urdu flag Urdu: ایک آتشگیر مرکب Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chất nổ Chinese flag Chinese: 一种含硝化甘油的炸药

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