dynamite

«dynamite» in Mova's school dictionary: A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dynamite, uncountable); verb (dynamite, dynamites, dynamited, dynamiting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A powerful explosive made in sticks, used to blast rock in mines and building work. tree →

2) (verb) To blow something up with dynamite. tree →

3) (informal) Something or someone very exciting, powerful or likely to cause big trouble, as in «That news is dynamite». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and science: Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 and later left his money to start the Nobel Prizes. Safety: explosives are dangerous and only trained experts handle them. In cartoons, a red stick of dynamite with a fizzing fuse is a classic joke. In slang, «dynamite» means amazing.

examples

• Miners used dynamite to blast the rock. tree →
• Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. tree →
• The old bridge was dynamited to make way for a new one. tree →
• That singer's voice is dynamite! tree →
• In the cartoon, the coyote's dynamite blew up in his face. tree →
• The secret was political dynamite. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some dynamite», «a stick of dynamite». From Greek «dynamis», power — like «dynamic» and «dynamo».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dynamite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.