English > cordite: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords. |
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| Broader | explosive compound | A compound that is explosive |
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| Substances | cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton | A nitric acid ester |
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| nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat | A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid / liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol |
| petrolatum, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly | A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum |
| Spanish | cordita |
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| Catalan | cordita |
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