Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contact explosive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: con-tac-t -ex-plo-sive
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy.

Inflected Forms

contact explosives (plural)

Questions

What does contact explosive mean?: A chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy.

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