gun powder

See also: gunpowder

English

Noun

gun powder (countable and uncountable, plural gun powders)

1. Alternative spelling of gunpowder
   • 1991, D. L. Carey, Distant Drums - Volume 1, page 523:

     Now their powder would be cannon powder and gun powder, would be made into canister shot, and would propel balls into flesh, and would blow living men to shreds.