Meaning of gelignite | Babel Free

Definitions

An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Three small gelignite bombs, with pocket watch timing devices, were concealed in packets small enough to fit through the slot of the standard cast-iron post box, the cylindrical bright red colored boxes so common throughout London.”

CEFR level