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gun cotton

gun cotton noun: nitrocellulose.

Noun

gun cotton (uncountable)

  1. nitrocellulose.

gun cotton meaning in Tamil and Kannada

gun cotton in Tamil

வெடிப்பஞ்சு, துப்பாக்கிப்பஞ்சு, வெடி பஞ்சு, வெடிபஞ்சு

gun cotton in Kannada

ಸಿಡಿಹತ್ತಿ

Origin of gun cotton

From the appearance of the material, resembling cotton wool, and its use in firearms.

Questions about gun cotton

What does gun cotton mean?
Gun cotton means nitrocellulose.
What is gun cotton in Tamil?
Gun cotton in Tamil is வெடிப்பஞ்சு, துப்பாக்கிப்பஞ்சு, வெடி பஞ்சு. See Gun cotton meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gun cotton?
Gun cotton is a noun.

Words near gun cotton in the dictionary

  1. gun carriage
  2. gun carriages
  3. gun club
  4. gun clubs
  5. gun control
  6. gun cotton
  7. gun deck
  8. gun decks
  9. gun dog
  10. gun dogs
  11. gun down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gun cotton (page history and authors); gun cotton (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gun cotton (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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