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picrete

picrete is the alternative spelling of pykrete.

Meaning of pykrete

Noun

pykrete (uncountable)

  1. A solid substance made of water ice and sawdust, stronger than pure ice. Originally to be used in combination with a refrigeration system as hull material for warships. Used as a building material for ice buildings (such as winter ice hotels) and ice sculptures, usually without the originally envisioned embedded refrigeration systems.

Questions about picrete

What is picrete the alternative spelling of?
Picrete is the alternative spelling of pykrete.

Words near picrete in the dictionary

  1. picrate
  2. picrated
  3. picrates
  4. picrel
  5. picrels
  6. picrete
  7. picric
  8. picric acid
  9. picrite
  10. picrites
  11. picritic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: picrete (page history and authors); pykrete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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