black powder

noun

an explosive powder consisting of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, used chiefly in old guns fired for sport, in fireworks, and for spotting charges in practice bombs; black gunpowder.

Words nearby black powder

blackpoll, blackpoll warbler, Blackpool, Black Pope, black poplar, black powder, Black Power, Black Prince, black propaganda, black pudding, black quarter

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Example sentences from the Web for black powder

Down leftward a black-powder gun was popping on the film-cut ridge of Bluebank.
From Capetown to Ladysmith|G. W. Steevens
As compared with other explosives, gunpowder or black-powder has certain advantages.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
The lead balls of their own black-powder rifles would have plunked into the water-logged wood without visible effect.
The Return|H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
They went back to a low-order steam-power, black-powder, culture, and haven't gotten beyond that to this day.
Time Crime|H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for black powder

black powder

noun

another name for gunpowder

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单词	black powder
释义	black powder noun an explosive powder consisting of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, used chiefly in old guns fired for sport, in fireworks, and for spotting charges in practice bombs; black gunpowder. Words nearby black powder blackpoll, blackpoll warbler, Blackpool, Black Pope, black poplar, black powder, Black Power, Black Prince, black propaganda, black pudding, black quarter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for black powder Down leftward a black-powder gun was popping on the film-cut ridge of Bluebank. From Capetown to Ladysmith\|G. W. Steevens As compared with other explosives, gunpowder or black-powder has certain advantages. The New Gresham Encyclopedia\|Various The lead balls of their own black-powder rifles would have plunked into the water-logged wood without visible effect. The Return\|H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire They went back to a low-order steam-power, black-powder, culture, and haven't gotten beyond that to this day. Time Crime\|H. Beam Piper British Dictionary definitions for black powder black powder noun another name for gunpowder Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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