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/ˈkiːzəlɡʊə/ · noun
Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite..
It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
Use kieselguhr when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kieselguhr means Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite..
Common synonyms include diatomite, diatomaceous earth.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was the only name anybody seemed to know him by, “Kieselguhr” being a kind of fine clay, used to soak up nitroglycerine and stabilize it into dynamite.
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