ganister

English

Alternative forms

• gannister

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡænɪstə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ænɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

ganister (countable and uncountable, plural ganisters)

1. A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.
   • 1991,, Town of Claysburg - Refractories Company Town , Historic American Buildings Survey, page 2:

     Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister.

Translations

hard, fine-grained sandstone

• Russian: га́нистер m (gánister)

Anagrams

• Tangiers, Tasering, Tigranes, angriest, angrites, angstier, astringe, gantries, granites, inert gas, ingrates, rangiest, reasting, stearing, tasering, tearings