CARTRIDGE REMOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cartridge remover mean? 

• CARTRIDGE REMOVER (noun)
  The noun CARTRIDGE REMOVER has 1 sense:

1. a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector

  Familiarity information: CARTRIDGE REMOVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARTRIDGE REMOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cartridge extractor; cartridge remover; extractor

Hypernyms ("cartridge remover" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Holonyms ("cartridge remover" is a part of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))