Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plastic explosive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: plas-tic -ex-plo-sive
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

plastic explosives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

C4 plastique semtex

Synonyms

plastique

Questions

What does plastic explosive mean?: Any of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable.

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