Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

low explosive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: low -ex-plo-sive
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An explosive compound whose rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

Inflected Forms

low explosives (plural)

Antonyms

high explosive

Questions

What does low explosive mean?: An explosive compound whose rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

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