cartridge
noun/ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/
/ˈkɑːrtrɪdʒ/
- (North American English also shell)a tube or case containing explosive and a bullet or shot, for shooting from a gun
- He was armed with a replica pistol, capable of firing blank cartridges.
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- a case containing something that is used in a machine, for example ink for a printer, film for a camera, etc. Cartridges are put into the machine and can be removed and replaced when they are finished or empty.
- a thin tube containing ink (= coloured liquid for writing) which you put inside a pen
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French cartouche (feminine noun), from Italian cartoccio, from carta, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’.
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