Definitions for cartridge

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cartridge car·tridge

Spelling: [kahr-trij]

IPA: /ˈkɑr trɪdʒ/

Cartridge is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 431 anagrams from letters in cartridge (acdegirrt).

Definitions for cartridge

noun

1. Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm.
2. a case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting.
3. any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism:
4. Also called magazine. Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, usually containing both the supply and take-up spools, as well as a pressure plate, for rapid loading without the necessity of threading the film.
5. Audio. pickup (def 8).
6. a flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player.

Origin of cartridge

1570-80; earlier cartage, cartrage, alteration of cartouche

Examples for cartridge

Alfred walked over and stuck him in the throat to save a cartridge.

If you have a horse and a gun and a cartridge, it is not so bad.

He writes that he discovered thousands of cartridge casings on the barricades, apparently fired from the police squads.

A cartridge for white smoke is waiting if the vote proves decisive.

But Lennon thrust his rifle through the back of his cartridge belt.

"Come to," laughed Simmons, sending a cartridge home with his thumb.

As he turned to resume the cartridge quest there arose a cry.

He was reluctant to exhaust a cartridge unless it was an absolute necessity.

"Chakzal," I replied, shoving a cartridge into the Mannlicher.

Their cartridge boxes when opened were found to be half full.