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smokeless powder
noun
- any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
smokeless powder
noun
- any one of a number of explosives that burn with relatively little smoke. They consist mainly of nitrocellulose and are used as propellants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smokeless powder1
First recorded in 1885–90
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