BURSTING CHARGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

Example:

this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains

Synonyms:

burster; bursting charge; charge; explosive charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bursting charge" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bursting charge"):

shot (an explosive charge used in blasting)

undercharge (an insufficient charge)

rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)