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SMOKELESS POWDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smokeless powder mean?
• SMOKELESS POWDER (noun)
The noun SMOKELESS POWDER has 1 sense:
1. an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
Familiarity information: SMOKELESS POWDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Ballistite; smokeless powder
Hypernyms ("smokeless powder" is a kind of...):
explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)
Meronyms (substance of "smokeless powder"):
pyrocellulose (nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder)
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