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Cordite   Listen
noun
Cordite  n.  (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.






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Words linked to "Cordite" :   Nitrostat, nitroglycerin, trinitroglycerin, nitrocotton, cellulose nitrate, explosive compound, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, nitroglycerine, petrolatum



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