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POWDER FLASK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does powder flask mean?
• POWDER FLASK (noun)
The noun POWDER FLASK has 1 sense:
1. container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal
Familiarity information: POWDER FLASK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Container for carrying gunpowder; made of the hollow horn of an animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
powder flask; powder horn
Hypernyms ("powder flask" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
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