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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 propellantplay

  Familiarity information: SMOKELESS POWDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMOKELESS POWDER (noun)


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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