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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•tridge /ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya rounded tube or case that holds an explosive powder and a bullet for shooting from a gun or rifle.
- Militarya case containing an explosive substance, as for blasting.
- a small container or tube filled with material to be inserted into a mechanism:a film cartridge.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•tridge (kär′trij),USA pronunciation n. - MilitaryAlso 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.
- Militarya case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting.
- any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism:an ink cartridge for a pen.
- PhotographyAlso called magazine. 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.
- Sound Reproduction[Audio.]pickup (def. 8).
- Sound Reproductiona flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player.
- earlier cartage, cartrage, alteration of cartouche 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cartridge /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/ n - a cylindrical, usually metal casing containing an explosive charge and often a bullet, for a rifle or other small arms
- an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal (crystal cartridge) or an electromagnet (magnetic cartridge)
- 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
Also called: cassette, magazine a light-tight film container that enables a camera to be loaded and unloaded in normal light- a removable unit in a printer which contains black or coloured ink
- a removable unit in a computer, such as an integrated circuit, containing software
Etymology: 16th Century: from earlier cartage, variant of cartouche (cartridge) |