kieselguhr
UK/ˈkiːzəlɡʊə/
kieselguhr noun: diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
Noun
kieselguhr (countable and uncountable, plural kieselguhrs)
- Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Iceland Spar”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 171
kieselguhr meaning in Tamil
kieselguhr in Tamil
- கீசல்குர், கீசற்கூர்
Forms of kieselguhr
| plural | kieselguhrs |
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Origin of kieselguhr
Borrowed from German Kieselguhr, older spelling of Kieselgur, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Gur (“guhr”).
Questions about kieselguhr
- What does kieselguhr mean?
- Kieselguhr means diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- What is kieselguhr in Tamil?
- Kieselguhr in Tamil is கீசல்குர், கீசற்கூர். See Kieselguhr meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kieselguhr?
- Kieselguhr is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kieselguhr?
- Kieselguhr is pronounced /ˈkiːzəlɡʊə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kieselguhr?
- The plural of kieselguhr is kieselguhrs.
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