Meaning Of The Word Smokeless powder

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Smokeless powder? Find Smokeless powder meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Smokeless powder Meaning

Smokeless powder Definition
Smokeless powder Definition

What's The Definition Of Smokeless powder?

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

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Kill-joy ‐ noun: a person who spoils the joy or pleasure…
  • Cortico- ‐ cortex; combining form: a combining form representing…
  • Loopily ‐ adverb: in a…
  • Turle knot ‐ noun: a special kind of knot for tying a leader…
  • Burkite ‐ noun:…
  • Viseu ‐ noun: a city in N central Portugal: 12th-century…
  • Absolute humidity ‐ the mass of water vapor in a specified volume…
  • Choragi ‐ noun: the leader of a chorus…
  • Clinic ‐ the teaching of medicine by examining and treating…
  • Meander ‐ Maeander; to follow a winding course; to take…