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eprouvette

eprouvette noun: a one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.

Noun

eprouvette (plural eprouvettes)

  1. A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
    • From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times

Forms of eprouvette

pluraleprouvettes
alternative formepruvette

Origin of eprouvette

French éprouvette

Questions about eprouvette

What does eprouvette mean?
Eprouvette means a one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
What part of speech is eprouvette?
Eprouvette is a noun.
What is the plural of eprouvette?
The plural of eprouvette is eprouvettes.

Words near eprouvette in the dictionary

  1. eproctophilia
  2. EPROM
  3. EPROMs
  4. eprosartan
  5. eprotirome
  6. eprouvette
  7. eprouvettes
  8. eprovafen
  9. eproxindine
  10. eprozinol
  11. EPRs

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