mineral jelly

noun Chemistry.

a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.

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Nearby words

miner's lettuce, miner's lung, miner's right, mineral, mineral charcoal, mineral jelly, mineral kingdom, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral spirits, mineral spring

Origin of mineral jelly

First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for mineral jelly

mineral jelly

noun

another name for petrolatum

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