dynamite
(noun) an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
dynamite
(verb) blow up with dynamite; “The rock was dynamited”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dynamite (usually uncountable, plural dynamites)
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
(informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
(figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
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dynamite (third-person singular simple present dynamites, present participle dynamiting, simple past and past participle dynamited)
To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
Source: Wiktionary
Dy"na*mite, n. Etym: [Gr. Dynamic.] (Chem.)
Definition: An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
