kieselguhr
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From German Kieselguhr, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Guhr (“guhr”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
kieselguhr (uncountable)
- A kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 191:
- It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 191:
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
kieselguhr m (plural kieselguhrs)
