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Nitro Express

Nitro Express noun: a large-calibre cartridge with adequate ballistics to kill big game.

nitro express: a large-calibre cartridge with adequate ballistics to kill big game
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Noun

Nitro Express

  1. A large-calibre cartridge with adequate ballistics to kill big game.

Origin of Nitro Express

From the cordite propellant used, which is composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, and express, due to the higher velocities available with cordite compared to black powder.

Questions about Nitro Express

What does Nitro Express mean?
Nitro Express means a large-calibre cartridge with adequate ballistics to kill big game.
What part of speech is Nitro Express?
Nitro Express is a noun.

Words near Nitro Express in the dictionary

  1. nitrite reductases
  2. nitrites
  3. nitritopentamminocobalt
  4. nitrituria
  5. nitro
  6. Nitro Express
  7. nitro musk
  8. nitro musks
  9. nitro sugar
  10. nitro sugars
  11. nitro-

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