cartridge
The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
Other meanings
A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
A replaceable valve assembly within a faucet or shower fixture that regulates the flow and temperature of the water.
A kind of
- ammunition
Kinds of cartridge
- ball cartridge
- blank
Related words
- cartomizer
- cartridgeless
- cartridgelike
- multicartridge
- blank cartridge
- blank-cartridge
- cartridge pleat
- memory cartridge
- phono cartridge
- ball cartridge
- bite the cartridge
- paper cartridge
Word history
From Medieval Latin "carta" (paper).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cartridge” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.