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| has gloss | (noun) keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder powder keg |
| has gloss | eng: A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quanties of black powder up until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased bullet. However, the barrels had to be handled with care, since a spark or other source of heat could cause the contents to deflagrate. |
| lexicalization | eng: powder keg |
| subclass of | (noun) small cask or barrel keg |
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| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: ruutitynnyri |
| Icelandic | |
| lexicalization | isl: púðurtunna |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: polveriera |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 화약통 |
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| similar | e/Powder keg |
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