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gunpowder
[ guhn-pou-der ]
noun
- an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- Also called gunpowder tea. a fine variety of green China tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a little ball.
gunpowder
/ ˈɡʌ²ÔËŒ±è²¹ÊŠ»åÉ™ /
noun
- an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulphur (typical proportions are 75:15:10): used in time fuses, blasting, and fireworks Also calledblack powder
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ³Ü²ÔËŒ±è´Ç·É»å±ð°ù²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ³Ü²Ô·±è´Ç·É·»å±ð°ù·²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gunpowder1
Example Sentences
Combine sand and gunpowder and thwack, you’ve made a brick of TNT.
Strikes in the border region of Bryansk caused explosions at a refinery, ammunition depots and a chemical plant said to produce gunpowder and explosives, a Ukrainian security source told the BBC.
For two centuries, the waltz has collided with gunpowder and, more lately, AI, in ways that have shaped culture and society.
While Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot of 1605 dominate the UK's autumnal bonfire tradition, Lewes Bonfire Society also remembers the 17 martyrs burnt to death by Mary I in the town in the 1500s.
He was found with a bullet in his jacket pocket similar in caliber to the one Lois was shot with and had gunpowder on his hands, prosecutors said.
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