- black powder
- noun Date: 1861 an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur used especially in fireworks and as a propellant in antique firearms — compare gunpowder
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black powder — 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. * * * first type of explosive mixture invented for use… … Universalium
black powder — noun : an explosive consisting of black gunpowder now used chiefly as an ignition charge and primer, as a propellant in older guns fired as a hobby, and in pyrotechnics; also : a similar explosive consisting of a mixture of sodium nitrate instead … Useful english dictionary
black powder — gunpowder, powder used as an explosive … English contemporary dictionary
black powder — noun A simple form of gunpowder, consisting of a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulfur … Wiktionary
