dynamite composed of trinitroglycerine absorbed in kieselguhr
giant powder in American English
US
a blasting explosive that is like dynamite
giant powder in American English
noun
dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr
Word origin
[1870–75, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, billing, linkage, washout