English Explanatory Dictionary

smokeless powder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An explosive, similar to gunpowder, consisting of nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine, which burns with very little smoke.

Word forms

smokeless powder smokeless powders

Related words

ballistite black powder cordite
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