gunpowder

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Definition of gunpowder in English Turkish dictionary

{i} barut

İspanyol askerleri dumansız barut kullanırdı. - The Spanish soldiers used smokeless gunpowder.

Barut çok dikkatli şekilde işlenmeli. - Gunpowder needs to be handled very carefully.

(Askeri) KARA BARUT: Bak. "black powder"

(isim) barut

(Askeri) kara barut

spherical gunpowder

(Askeri) küresel barut

English - English

Definition of gunpowder in English English dictionary: An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks; {n} powder made for guns; A Green Tea rolled into tight pellets; A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur; {i} explosive powder used in guns and for blasting; Fireworkers prefer the term Blackpowder although chemically and physically the two are the same; Chemical substances of various compositions, particle sizes, shapes and colors that, on ignition, serve as a propellant Ignited smokeless powder emits minimal quantities of smoke from a gun's muzzle; the older blackpowder emits relatively large quantities of whitish smoke; a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75: 15: 10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks; Gunpowder is an explosive substance which is used to make fireworks or cause explosions. an explosive substance used in bombs and fireworks. Any of several mixtures used as propelling charges in guns and as blasting agents in mining. The first such explosive was black powder, a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. It originated in the 9th century in China and made its way west in the 13th century. The recipe was refined and finally fixed in the 14th century; black powder is still widely used for ignition charges, primers, fuses, blank charges in military ammunition, and fireworks. In 1838 it was discovered that cotton could be made explosive by dipping it in concentrated nitric acid, and the form of nitrocellulose known as guncotton came into use as an ingredient of gunpowder in the 1860s. In the 1880s Paul Vieille (1854-1934) used nitrocellulose to create the first smokeless gunpowder; modern gunpowder consists of either nitrocellulose alone or a combination of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin; a green tea which is rolled into pellets which unfurl in hot water; - see Black Powder; Normally a China tea, but today could be any young tea, which is rolled into a small pellet-size ball then dried The finished tea has a greyish appearance not unlike gunpowder in colour which is how the tea gets its name; It is used in gunnery and blasting; A type of young green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a ball
Gunpowder Plot: A failed plot, in 1605, to kill the Protestant king of England
Gunpowder Plot: a plan by English Catholics led by Guy Fawkes to kill King James I and destroy Parliament by blowing it up with explosives on November 5th 1605. The plan failed when one of the Catholics warned a relative not to attend Parliament that day and all the people in the Plot were caught and killed. People in the UK remember the event every November 5th on Guy Fawkes' Night. (1605) Conspiracy by English Roman Catholic zealots to blow up Parliament and kill James I. Angered by James's refusal to grant more religious toleration to Catholics, a group of conspirators led by Robert Catesby (1573-1605) recruited Guy Fawkes to their plot. One member warned his brother-in-law Lord Monteagle not to attend Parliament on the appointed day (November 5, 1605), and Monteagle alerted the government. Fawkes was arrested in a rented cellar under the palace at Westminster, where he had concealed 20 barrels of gunpowder. Under torture, he revealed the names of the conspirators, and they were all either killed while resisting arrest or executed in 1606. The plot bitterly intensified Protestant suspicions of Catholics
Gunpowder Plot: {i} conspiracy plotted to blow up the English Parliament and King James I of England on November 5th 1605 (date set for the king to open Parliament)
gunpowder plot: a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
gunpowder tea: A Chinese green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a pellet
knew the smell of gunpowder: participated in a war, took part in a battle