GREEK FIRE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Greek fire" is a kind of...):

arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))

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