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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 nitrateplay

  Familiarity information: GELLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GELLY (noun)


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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