cartridge
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈkɑːrtɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
cartucho
- "After we shoot our guns, we pick up empty cartridges to use again.
- 9mm cartridges
- fired cartridges
- spent cartridges
Soldiers carried paper cartridges containing both powder and a lead ball.
- Soldiers carried paper cartridges containing both powder and a lead ball.
- You're barely able to put out one cartridge per rifle in the country per day.
- I've got I've got a cartridge sent to me and said the other cartridges in the gun waiting for me.
Examples
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We've analyzed the shotgun and the cartridges.
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If you do, the cartridge will explode in your face.
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And they get fingerprints off the cartridge cases.
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- Well done, a spent shotgun cartridge.
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Jack levered in another cartridge without taking his eye from the rifle sights and fired again.
Fiction book (1993) -
An ominous click as Tommy loads a cartridge into his gun.
Fiction book (1995) -
Give me that cartridge.
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We've got guns, food, cartridges.
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Way at the back, he located a box with a half-dozen dull red cartridges in it.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hunter carefully loaded a bullet into the cartridge before aiming at the target.
Synonyms
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7.2
A single bullet or shell used in a gun
218
8.4
A metal container filled with explosives and fired from a cannon or tank
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5.3
Small metal objects like bullets and shells that guns shoot
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3.8
A small case filled with many small metal balls that is fired from a shotgun
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8.2
A cartridge that fires when the rim of its base is hit
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9.9
A paper case holding gunpowder and a bullet for old guns
A small metal case that contains a bullet and enough powder to fire it
A single bullet or shell ready to be fired
A paper tube that holds gunpowder and a bullet for an old gun
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.0
A plastic case that holds tape used to record sound, video, or computer data
- Specialized
A metal made from copper and zinc used for cartridge cases and tubing
- Specialized
A small part that pulls an empty shell from a gun chamber after firing
- Archaic
A set of letters stored on a small cartridge you put into a printer to print in a new style
- Specialized
A small electric part in a tube that stops electricity when too much flows
- Specialized
A part in a gun that pulls out empty shells from the chamber so they fall out
- Specialized
A small metal case that contains a bullet and enough powder to fire it
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cartridge originally named a paper case that held gunpowder and a bullet (from French cartouche and Italian cartuccia, from carta 'paper'). That's why a firearm cartridge is the small 'case' that contains the powder and the bullet.