Definitions for ganisters

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ganisters gan·is·ter

Spelling: [gan-uh-ster]

IPA: /ˈgæn ə stər/

Ganisters is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 778 anagrams from letters in ganisters (aeginrsst).

Definitions for ganisters

noun

1. a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
2. a synthetic product similar to this rock, made by mixing ground quartz with a bonding material.

Origin of ganisters

First recorded in 1805-15; origin uncertain

Examples for ganisters

After covering all the exposed steel surfaces with ganister, the plates are put in a gas furnace and heated to a welding heat.

The principal uses of sandstone are for building stone, crushed stone, and ganister (for silica brick and furnace-linings).

These clays are highly silicious and in composition are intermediate between the Yorkshire fireclays and ganister.

Lower: Flaggy hard sandstones (ganister), shales and thin coal seams.

For furnace linings, the quartzite or ganister must be exceptionally pure.