Gunpowder

Quick meaning: Gunpowder is a noun meaning An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

Meaning

An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of gunpowder tea.
2. (transitive) To destroy with gunpowder.
3. (India, informal) Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa.

Example Sentences

[…] he was […] never getting into quarrels with his neighbors and gunpowdering them out of house and home. His subjects loved him.

In fact, I’ve long suspected that the popularity of gunpowder or molagapodi outside South India has little to do with the burst of flavours it serves.

It was a hardcore Andhra lunch from a restaurant famous for its lunch meals. And that is where I had my first run-in with 'gunpowder'. And to be honest, I hated it.

Some restaurants try and give their dosas the "ethnic" touch by slipping along a small dish of mulaga podi-gunpowder mixed with oil as well, but that isn't always enough.

Word Forms

• gunpowders
• gunpowdering
• gunpowdered

Synonyms for gunpowder

Depending on context, synonyms include powder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include powder, ammunition, wildfire, fire, dust, wheel.

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