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eprouvettes

eprouvettes is the plural of eprouvette.

Meaning of eprouvette

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

Questions about eprouvettes

What is eprouvettes the plural of?
Eprouvettes is the plural of eprouvette.

Words near eprouvettes in the dictionary

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

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