Dynamite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dynamite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dynamite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dynamite n an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp v blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamite \Dy"na*mite\, n. [Gr. [?] power. See {Dynamic}.] (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.