Meaning Of The Word Smokeless powder

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smokeless powder in American English
a propellant or explosive that consists mainly of nitrocellulose and makes little or no smoke when it is fired
noun: any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, esp. one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton

smokeless powder in British English
noun: any one of a number of explosives that burn with relatively little smoke. They consist mainly of nitrocellulose and are used as propellants

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