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powderless

powderless adjective: without the use or presence of powder.

Adjective

powderless (not comparable)

  1. Without the use or presence of powder.
    • powderless gloves
    • powderless ammunition

Examples of powderless in a sentence

  • a powderless etching
  • Jeanne sucked back air in a gasp; the ravaged face of this pretty woman, powderless, splotched, and tearstained, one she had known for a lifetime, was frightening.2009, Donna Russo Morin, chapter 17, in The Courtier’s Secret, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing, →ISBN:

Origin of powderless

From powder + -less.

Questions about powderless

What does powderless mean?
Powderless means without the use or presence of powder.
How do you use powderless in a sentence?
a powderless etching
What part of speech is powderless?
Powderless is an adjective.

Words near powderless in the dictionary

  1. powderizers
  2. powderizes
  3. powderizing
  4. powderkeg
  5. powderkegs
  6. powderless
  7. powderlike
  8. Powderly
  9. Powderlys
  10. powdermaker
  11. powdermakers

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