ALL meanings of cartridge
car·tridge
C c - countable noun cartridge A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns. 3
- countable noun cartridge A cartridge is part of a machine or device that can be easily removed and replaced when it is worn out or empty. 3
- noun cartridge a cylindrical, usually metal casing containing an explosive charge and often a bullet, for a rifle or other small arms 3
- noun cartridge a case for an explosive, such as a blasting charge 3
- noun cartridge an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal (crystal cartridge) or an electromagnet (magnetic cartridge) 3
- noun cartridge a container for magnetic tape that is inserted into a tape deck in audio or video systems. It is about four times the size of a cassette 3
- noun cartridge a light-tight film container that enables a camera to be loaded and unloaded in normal light 3
- noun cartridge a removable unit in a printer which contains black or coloured ink 3
- noun cartridge a removable unit in a computer, such as an integrated circuit, containing software 3
- noun cartridge a cylindrical case of cardboard, metal, etc. containing the charge and primer, and usually the projectile, for a firearm 3
- noun cartridge any of various small containers, holding a supply of material for a larger device into which it is inserted 3
- noun cartridge a protected roll of camera film 3
- noun cartridge a replaceable unit in the pickup of an electric phonograph, containing the stylus, or needle 3
- noun cartridge A cartridge is a container of a substance, used in a syringe for application to a patient. 3
- noun cartridge A container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, or other item or substance, designed for insertion into a mechanism. 1
- noun cartridge Also called cartouche. a cylindrical case of pasteboard, metal, or the like, for holding a complete charge of powder, and often also the bullet or the shot for a rifle, machine gun, or other small arm. 1
- noun cartridge a case containing any explosive charge, as for blasting. 1
- noun cartridge any small container for powder, liquid, or gas, made for ready insertion into some device or mechanism: an ink cartridge for a pen. 1
- noun cartridge Also called magazine. Photography. a lightproof metal or plastic container for a roll of film, usually containing both the supply and take-up spools, as well as a pressure plate, for rapid loading without the necessity of threading the film. 1
- noun cartridge Audio. pickup (def 8). 1
- noun cartridge a flat, compact container enclosing an endless loop of audiotape, operated by inserting into a slot in a player. 1
- noun cartridge in guns 1
- noun cartridge in printer 1
- noun cartridge pluggable supplies 1
- noun cartridge (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition (Wikipedia). 0
- noun cartridge (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly. 0
- noun cartridge (computing) A vessel which contains the ink (Wikipedia) or toner (Wikipedia) for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another. 0
- noun cartridge (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data (Wikipedia). 0
- noun cartridge (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console. 0
- noun cartridge (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a cartridge by itself". 0