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axite

axite noun: a type of smokeless gunpowder.

Noun

axite (countable and uncountable, plural axites)

  1. (uncountable) A type of smokeless gunpowder.
    • "This is a Bland's .577 axite express," said he. "I got that big fellow with it." He glanced up at the white rhinoceros.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. (countable) The terminal branch of an axon.

Forms of axite

pluralaxites

Questions about axite

What does axite mean?
Axite means a type of smokeless gunpowder.
What part of speech is axite?
Axite is a noun.
What is the plural of axite?
The plural of axite is axites.

Words near axite in the dictionary

  1. axisymmetrise
  2. axisymmetrised
  3. axisymmetrises
  4. axisymmetrising
  5. axisymmetry
  6. axite
  7. axites
  8. axitinib
  9. axiverse
  10. axiverses
  11. axizilla

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