EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does explosive mixture mean? 

• EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE (noun)
  The noun EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE has 1 sense:

1. a mixture that is explosive

  Familiarity information: EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixture that is explosive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("explosive mixture" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "explosive mixture"):

blasting gelatin (mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin)