thermit
Meaning of thermit
noun
- a mixture of finely powdered aluminium and iron oxide that produces a very high temperature on combustion, used in welding and for incendiary bombs.
a thermite grenade
early 20th century: coined in German from thermo- ‘of heat’ + -ite1.
Information about thermit
- It is a name.
- The plural form of thermit is: thermits.
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Hyphenation of thermit
ther-mit
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- thermit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of thermit
Words that rhyme with thermit
Darmit, Diarmit, armit, marmit, Hermit, Kermit, Thermit, ermit, hermit, intermit, permit, pretermit, repermit, unpermit, surmit, turmit
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