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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gun•pow•der /ˈgʌnˌpaʊdɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Chemistryan explosive mixture, as one made of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, and for blasting.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gun•pow•der (gun′pou′dər),USA pronunciation n. - an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- Also called gun′powder tea′. a fine variety of green China tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a little ball.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see gun1, powder1
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