mineral jelly

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noun Chemistry.

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

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Origin of mineral jelly

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby mineral jelly

miner, mineral, mineral charcoal, mineralize, mineralizer, mineral jelly, mineral kingdom, mineralocorticoid, mineralogy, mineraloid, mineral oil

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How to use mineral jelly in a sentence

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second upped the ante, taking aim at “cray,” “jelly,” “literally,” “teehee,” and “totes.”
Feminist, Bae, Turnt: Time’s ‘Worst Words’ List Is Sexist and Racist|Samantha Allen|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

One more word about the mineral water industry in Marlin, Texas, and I was about to scream.
Slaves In A Family's Past Haunt The Present|Michael Signer|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the machinery had been stopped, it was found that Mr. Jones's arms and legs were macerated to a jelly.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Certainly some of the uses to which this mineral is now being put are sufficiently astonishing.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Treated with hydrochloric acid, diluted with ten times its weight of water, it swells up into a jelly-like mass.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
About 1830 a miner, returned from South America, made a claim for wages for watching mineral left behind by Mr. Trevithick.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for mineral jelly

mineral jelly

noun

another name for petrolatum

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