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cordeau

cordeau noun: a detonating cord.

Noun

cordeau (countable and uncountable, plural cordeaux)

  1. (archaic) A detonating cord.
    • The middle section of cordeau is attached (by means of a string) to a narrow lead plate, […]1960, Basil Timothy Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items, volume 3, page 312

Forms of cordeau

pluralcordeaux

Origin of cordeau

From French cordeau.

Questions about cordeau

What does cordeau mean?
Cordeau means a detonating cord.
What part of speech is cordeau?
Cordeau is a noun.
What is the plural of cordeau?
The plural of cordeau is cordeaux.

Words near cordeau in the dictionary

  1. cordated
  2. cordately
  3. cordates
  4. cordax
  5. cordaxes
  6. cordeau
  7. cordeaux
  8. Cordeaux Heights
  9. cordebec
  10. cordebeck
  11. cordebecks

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