CORDITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cordite mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORDITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

explosive compound (a compound that is explosive)

Meronyms (substance of "cordite"):

cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)

glyceryl trinitrate; nitroglycerin; nitroglycerine; Nitrospan; Nitrostat; trinitroglycerin (a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat))

mineral jelly; petrolatum; petroleum jelly (a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication)