Powder And Shot

  

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Powder And Shot

Definition: Powder And Shot

Powder And Shot

Noun

1. Ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Powder And Shot

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arms

Ammunition; powder, powder and shot; cartridge; ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball; "villainous saltpeter"; dumdum bullet.

Inutility

Vain, empty, inane; gainless, profitless, fruitless; unserviceable, unprofitable; ill-spent; unproductive; hors de combat; effete, past work; (impaired); obsolete; (old); fit for the dust hole; good for nothing; of no earthly use; not worth having, not worth powder and shot; leading to no end, uncalled for; unnecessary, unneeded.

Waste

Waste its sweetness on the desert air ; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel; labor in vain; (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Powder And Shot

English words defined with "powder and shot": powder-puff. (references)
Specialty definitions using "powder and shot": loading-machine operator, LOADING-MACHINE TOOL-SETTERShot in the Locker, SHOTGUN-SHELL-LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)

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Modern Translation: Powder And Shot

Language Translations for "powder and shot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

megéri a fáradságot (to worth powder and shot, to worth while). (various references)

   

Manx

  

poodyr as leoaie. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owderpay anday otshay

   

Russian 

  

овчинка выделки не стоит (not worth powder and shot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Powder And Shot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-h-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-w"

-2 letters: parenthoods.

-3 letters: deodorants, heartwoods, parenthood.

-4 letters: daneworts, deodorant, dropheads, handwrote, hardwoods, harpooned, headwords, heartwood, honeworts, pastedown, phasedown, ponderosa, teardowns, theropods, tornadoes, wanderoos.

-5 letters: adopters, danewort, darndest, dewdrops, donators, doorstep, downtrod, drophead, dropshot, endopods, hardnose, hardtops, hardwood, harpoons, headword, hoedowns, honewort, hoopster, hoptoads, hospodar, notepads, odonates, odorants, operands, operants, orphaned, padrones, pandoors, pandores, panthers, pardoned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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