GUNCOTTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guncotton mean? 

• GUNCOTTON (noun)
  The noun GUNCOTTON has 1 sense:

1. a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives

  Familiarity information: GUNCOTTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUNCOTTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton

Hypernyms ("guncotton" is a kind of...):

cellulose ester (any ester of cellulose with an acid)

nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guncotton"):

pyrocellulose (nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder)

pyroxylin; pyroxyline (highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers)

Holonyms ("guncotton" is a substance of...):

blasting gelatin (mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin)

cordite (explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords)

celluloid (highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics)