gunpaper

[guhn-pey-per]

noun Military.

a type of paper treated with nitric acid so that it has a composition similar to that of guncotton.

Origin of gunpaper

First recorded in 1850–55; gun¹ + paper

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British Dictionary definitions for gunpaper

gunpaper

noun

a cellulose nitrate explosive made by treating paper with nitric acid

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