guncotton (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *guncotton*:
NOUN	substance	guncotton, cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton	a nitric acid ester

guncotton > pronunciation
Sounds	gah'nkaa'tahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *guncotton*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.
Synonyms	cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton
Narrower	pyrocellulose	nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton
Narrower	pyroxylin, pyroxyline	Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
Broader	cellulose ester	Any ester of cellulose with an acid
Broader	nitrate	Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Substance of	blasting gelatin	mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
	celluloid	Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor
	cordite	explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
Spanish	algodón pólvora, nitrato de celulosa, nitrocelulosa
Catalan	cotó pólvora, nitrocel·lulosa, nitrocelulosa

HyperDic: guncotton