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cartridge

[ kahr-trij ]

noun

  1. Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
  2. a case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting.
  3. any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism:

    an ink cartridge for a pen.

  4. Also called magazine. Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, usually containing both the supply and take-up spools, as well as a pressure plate, for rapid loading without the necessity of threading the film.
  5. a flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player.


cartridge

/ ˈ°ìɑ˳ٰùɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. a cylindrical, usually metal casing containing an explosive charge and often a bullet, for a rifle or other small arms
  2. a case for an explosive, such as a blasting charge
  3. an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal ( crystal cartridge ) or an electromagnet ( magnetic cartridge )
  4. a container for magnetic tape that is inserted into a tape deck in audio or video systems. It is about four times the size of a cassette
  5. Also calledcassettemagazine photog a light-tight film container that enables a camera to be loaded and unloaded in normal light
  6. computing a removable unit in a printer which contains black or coloured ink
  7. computing a removable unit in a computer, such as an integrated circuit, containing software
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cartridge1

1570–80; earlier cartage, cartrage, alteration of cartouche
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cartridge1

C16: from earlier cartage, variant of cartouche (cartridge)
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However, later that month he contacted another seller on a legal gun sales site, paying £650 plus £30 petrol money to the man for a shotgun and 100 cartridges.

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He paid £650 plus £30 petrol money to the man for the shotgun and 100 cartridges.

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When he was arrested by police in September last year a shotgun and 30 cartridges were found nearby.

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Police, responding to reports of a disturbance, apprehended him, before finding a loaded shotgun and more than 30 cartridges in a bush.

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The 19-year-old intended to carry out an attack at his former primary school - and a loaded shotgun with more than 30 cartridges was found in a bush after his arrest, police said.

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