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GELLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gelly mean?
• GELLY (noun)
The noun GELLY 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: GELLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("gelly" is a kind of...):
dynamite (an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp)
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