Synonyms for "cordite" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

dynamite

Strong matches (1)

explosive

Related words (1)

powder

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries

explosive compound

derived from

1 entries

cord

is a

1 entries

explosive compound

related to

4 entries

ammunitionnitrocellulosenitroglycerinesmokeless

Translations

7 translations across 6 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• cordita noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

• 柯代火藥 /柯代火药 noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)
• 線狀無煙火藥 /线状无烟火药 noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

Finnish

1 entries

• kordiitti noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

French

1 entries

• cordite noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

German

1 entries

• Kordit noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

Irish

1 entries

• coirdít noun (a smokeless propellent used in some firearm ammunition)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Cordite is a smokeless powder of the British Services.

Source: tatoeba (10656923)

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