gunpowder Definition
gun·powder (-po̵u′dər)
noun
- an explosive powder, esp. a blackish mixture of sulfur, potassium nitrate, and charcoal, used as a charge in cartridges, shells, etc., for blasting, in fireworks, etc.
- gunpowder tea
gunpowder Synonyms
gunpowder Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ignite: With any luck it would ignite the gunpowder causing an explosion - which would cause the cannon ball to leave the gun.
- make: The branches make good charcoal, which is valuable for making gunpowder.
- use: The stair tower was removed, using gunpowder, in the late 1700s.
- put: Would you put gunpowder in a high place, or a low one?
- carry: In July 1784, according to the Staffordshire Advertiser, one such wagon was carrying gunpowder.
- produce: The gunpowder produced was used for blasting by the then thriving tin and granite mining industries.
Preposition: in
century: The Garrison and Powder Magazine was the major storage location for gunpowder in the 18th century.
Adjective modifier
- enough: Cromwell ordered its destruction but there was not have enough gunpowder to complete the task!
- more: Imagine having a large and powerful cannon, the more gunpowder packed behind the cannon ball the further it will travel.
- little: Some of the liquor was poured over a little gunpowder and ignited.
- black: The principle ingredient of black gunpowder is KNO 3, which is, in itself, a salt.
- real: But a maid had mistakenly filled the pot with real gunpowder instead of Chinese tea.
- high: High class gunpowder was needed for the military and for gun sports.
Modifies a noun
- treason: I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
- plot: The infamous gunpowder plot was hatched by Guy Fawkes 400 years ago in Northamptonshire.
- mill: Faversham Chart Gunpowder Mills The oldest gunpowder mill in the world is part of a complex which includes remains of three others.
- factory: How could you confuse a gunpowder factory with a blizzard?
- manufacture: Waltham Abbey was in Napoleonic times one of the most important places in Britain for gunpowder manufacture, using water power.
- store: The Army Museum, which occupies the old gunpowder store of the castle of San Felipe is in the southern part of the bay.
Noun used with modifier
century: For several centuries gunpowder was the only explosive used in military mining.
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