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noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: diatomaceous earth, diatomite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: filter, earth, ground
History
Borrowed from German Kieselguhr, older spelling of Kieselgur, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Gur (“guhr”).
