Usually means: Explosive mixture used for propulsion.
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  1. gunpowder: Merriam-Webster
  2. gunpowder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gunpowder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gunpowder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gunpowder: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gunpowder, gunpowder: Wordnik
  7. gunpowder: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gunpowder: Wiktionary
  9. gunpowder: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gunpowder: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gunpowder: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Gunpowder, gunpowder: Dictionary.com
  13. gunpowder: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gunpowder: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Gunpowder (TV series), Gunpowder (disambiguation), Gunpowder (film), Gunpowder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gunpowder: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gunpowder: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gunpowder: Rhymezone
  19. Gunpowder: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gunpowder: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Gunpowder: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. gunpowder: FreeDictionary.org
  23. gunpowder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. gunpowder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. gunpowder: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Tea Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

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  1. gunpowder: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gunpowder: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GUNPOWDER: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gunpowder: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gunpowder: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
verb:  (transitive) To destroy with gunpowder.
noun:  (India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.
noun:  Short for gunpowder tea. [A form of Chinese green tea in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet.]

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