cordite
pronunciation
How to pronounce cordite in British English:
UK [ˈkɔːdaɪt]
How to pronounce cordite in American English:
US [ ˈkɔːrdaɪt]
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- Noun:
- explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
Word Origin
- cordite (n.)
- smokeless explosive, 1889, from cord + -ite (2); so called for its "curiously string-like appearance" in the words of a newspaper of the day.
Example
- 1. The whiff of cordite is also helpful to the coalition 's drive to portray mr osborne 's plan for eliminating most of the structural deficit within five years as a campaign of necessity rather than political choice .