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Definition of Burster
1. Noun. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. "This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
Generic synonyms: Explosive
Specialized synonyms: Shot, Undercharge, Rocket Fuel, Rocket Propellant, Rocket Propellent
Derivative terms: Burst, Charge
Definition of Burster
1. n. One that bursts.
Definition of Burster
1. Noun. One who, or that which, bursts (causes to burst). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burster
1. one that bursts [n -S] - See also: bursts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burster
Literary usage of Burster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lands of the Slave and the Free: Or, Cuba, The United States, and Canada by Henry Anthony Murray (1857)
"The " Screecher" was a little ahead; gradually the "burster" closes. ...
The "burster" is almost abreast. The enraged Kentuckians gather round the captain, ..."
2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"Australian Weather—"The Southerly burster."—The Hon. Ralph Abercromby has given
to the Royal Society of New South Wales the sum of £100 ..."
3. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1875)
"The burster was PROF. ABEL'S WET GUN-COTTON SHELL, 5i- inches long, and contained
672 grains of dry compressed gun-cotton. The detonating cap consisted of ..."
4. What We Saw in Australia by Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill (1875)
"... The Gap — Wreck of the 'Dunbar'—Port Jackson — Sydney — " Southerly burster."
WE had from the first resolved to start homeward from Australia before the ..."
5. Ocean-work, ancient and modern: or, Evenings on sea and land by Joseph Hall Wright (1845)
"THE OCEAN AS EARTH-burster. Char. WHO but the supreme Creator of all could have
devised a plan by which order and beauty should cover the earth, ..."
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