Meanings
nounganister (countable and uncountable, plural ganisters)
plural ganisters · alternative gannister
- countableuncountableA hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.
Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister.
1991,, Town of Claysburg - Refractories Company Town, Historic American Buildings Survey, page 2
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Translations
Russian га́нистер
- га́нистер (gánister)hard, fine-grained sandstone
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