cordite in English

noun
1
a smokeless explosive made from nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, and petroleum jelly, used in ammunition.
In the munitions factories, great care was needed not to cause any sparks while making cordite using nitroglycerin - and the workers also needed to be sober.

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1. Can you get hold of some cordite?

2. 28 Wesson eliminating the smell of cordite from their. 45s in favor of amaretto potpourri.

3. This invention was a precursor to many smokeless military explosives, especially the British smokeless powder cordite.

4. Admiral Jellicoe's investigation blamed the loss of the ships on faulty cordite handling procedures that allowed fires in the turrets or hoists to reach the ships' magazines.

5. Since the 1880s, it has been used by the military as an active ingredient, and a gelatinizer for nitrocellulose, in some solid propellants, such as cordite and ballistite.

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