Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   cartridge

   /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, etc., designed for insertion into a mechanism. Similar cassettemagazinecylindercanistercontainercapsulecasepackpacketpackage
   • ▪ a casing containing a charge and a bullet or shot for small arms or an explosive charge for blasting. Similar bulletroundshellchargeshotcasing
   • ▪ a component carrying the stylus on the pickup head of a record player.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French cartouche (feminine noun), from Italian cartoccio (see cartouche).

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points