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EXCELSIOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does excelsior mean?
• EXCELSIOR (noun)
The noun EXCELSIOR has 1 sense:
1. thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
Familiarity information: EXCELSIOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
excelsior; wood shavings
Hypernyms ("excelsior" is a kind of...):
packing; packing material; wadding (any material used especially to protect something)
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