cartridge

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  1. noun A cylindrical, usually metal casing containing the primer and charge of ammunition for firearms.
  2. noun Such a casing fitted with a bullet.
  3. noun A similar piece of ammunition, such as a shotgun shell.
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  • The weight cartridge is also removed and replaced extremely smoothly at the touch of a button on the bottom. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The black rick-rack is cut from black cardstock using a Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge, and the small tag is cut with a Spellbinders Double ended tags die. —  Thinking Inking
  • It may not look like much from the outside, but the plastic wrapped cartridge is actually enclosed in Argon gas which is pumped into the bag with the full cartridge before it's sealed. —  Imaging Resource News Page
  • Packaged just like a Nintendo DS game cartridge, the Nintendo DS Browser is sold at an estimated retail price of €39.99 in all major games retailers. —  Opera Press Room
  • This cartridge is a dual-purpose munition, which defeats medium-and light armored vehicles and —  Moon of Alabama
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  1. Alteration of earlier cartage, alteration of French cartouche, from Italian cartuccio, variant of cartoccio, roll of paper; see cartouche.

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  1. Formerly cartrage, a corruption of cartouche, q. v.
 

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/ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/
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