Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecrasite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ecr-a-site
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An explosive material which is unaffected by moisture, shock and fire, a mixture of ammonium cresylate with picric acid that is prepared from trinitrocresol.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French écrasite, from écraser.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: écrasite

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ecrasite mean?: An explosive material which is unaffected by moisture, shock and fire, a mixture of ammonium cresylate with picric acid that is prepared from trinitrocresol.
Where does ecrasite come from?: It is traced to French.

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