afterdamp

Meaning of afterdamp

noun

Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.

Information about afterdamp

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of afterdamp is: afterdamps.
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Hyphenation of afterdamp

af-ter-damp

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • afterdamp is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with afterdamp

damp, bedamp, chokedamp, firedamp, stonedamp, whitedamp, blackdamp, stinkdamp, riverdamp, dewdamp

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