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Definition of gunpowder in English: gunpowdernoun ˈɡʌnpaʊdəˈɡənˌpaʊdər mass noun1An explosive consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpetre, sulphur, and charcoal, now chiefly used for quarry blasting and in fuses and fireworks. 黑色火药，有烟火药；火药 Example sentencesExamples - The shells contain silver iodide, explosives and gunpowder.
- Gunpowder is a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur, and early gunpowder was just that: a powder.
- Charcoal was also essential for the manufacture of gunpowder.
- The youngest sailors would also have had a ‘fireman’ role, damping down loose gunpowder to prevent explosions.
- Propellants such as gunpowder are so-called low explosives that burn but do not normally detonate.
- That way the hard barrel compresses the relatively soft metal of the bullet as the exploding gunpowder hurls the projectile down the barrel.
- There was wax, matches, a long fuse, gunpowder and 20 bullets packed around a quarter stick of dynamite.
- As her daughter tripped on a mop and dropped a box of glass dishes, the burnt end of that fuse collided with the gunpowder.
- Cannons, guns, gunpowder, swords and many other weapons of war were needed and Spain bought them from whoever would sell to them.
- Early grenades were like cartoon bombs: an iron sphere packed with gunpowder and a fuse sticking out of the top.
- The cellar was searched and, hidden amid the large quantity of firewood stored there, 36 barrels of gunpowder were found, along with fuses.
- Undercover officers rushed in only to find talcum powder and not gunpowder on the agenda.
- It was also used in the past to produce charcoal for gunpowder.
- Just as castle walls gave way to gunpowder and the cannon, so too will present technology give way to new ideas and new tools of war.
- Prior to its first military uses, gunpowder was termed black powder.
- In the early days of quarrying, one-foot holes were made and whole kegs of gunpowder used in blasting.
- But the mere possession of a lot of cannon and gunpowder, or air-to-surface missiles, is not enough.
- He has a musket, bullets, gunpowder, carpentry tools, clothes, bedding and a Bible.
- The group said it will begin tests in May using land mines without gunpowder.
- This incident was particularly severe because of the huge amount of gunpowder in the firework.
2A fine green China tea of granular appearance. 中国珠茶（搓成圆形颗粒的绿茶）
Definition of gunpowder in US English: gunpowdernounˈɡənˌpaʊdərˈɡənˌpoudər 1An explosive consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. The earliest known propellant explosive, gunpowder has now largely been superseded by high explosives, although it is still used for quarry blasting and in fuses and fireworks. 黑色火药，有烟火药；火药 Example sentencesExamples - The youngest sailors would also have had a ‘fireman’ role, damping down loose gunpowder to prevent explosions.
- That way the hard barrel compresses the relatively soft metal of the bullet as the exploding gunpowder hurls the projectile down the barrel.
- The shells contain silver iodide, explosives and gunpowder.
- Just as castle walls gave way to gunpowder and the cannon, so too will present technology give way to new ideas and new tools of war.
- As her daughter tripped on a mop and dropped a box of glass dishes, the burnt end of that fuse collided with the gunpowder.
- The cellar was searched and, hidden amid the large quantity of firewood stored there, 36 barrels of gunpowder were found, along with fuses.
- Early grenades were like cartoon bombs: an iron sphere packed with gunpowder and a fuse sticking out of the top.
- There was wax, matches, a long fuse, gunpowder and 20 bullets packed around a quarter stick of dynamite.
- Gunpowder is a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur, and early gunpowder was just that: a powder.
- It was also used in the past to produce charcoal for gunpowder.
- Undercover officers rushed in only to find talcum powder and not gunpowder on the agenda.
- He has a musket, bullets, gunpowder, carpentry tools, clothes, bedding and a Bible.
- Cannons, guns, gunpowder, swords and many other weapons of war were needed and Spain bought them from whoever would sell to them.
- Charcoal was also essential for the manufacture of gunpowder.
- In the early days of quarrying, one-foot holes were made and whole kegs of gunpowder used in blasting.
- Propellants such as gunpowder are so-called low explosives that burn but do not normally detonate.
- Prior to its first military uses, gunpowder was termed black powder.
- This incident was particularly severe because of the huge amount of gunpowder in the firework.
- But the mere possession of a lot of cannon and gunpowder, or air-to-surface missiles, is not enough.
- The group said it will begin tests in May using land mines without gunpowder.
2A fine green China tea of granular appearance. 中国珠茶（搓成圆形颗粒的绿茶）
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