The meaning of CARTRIDGE is a case or container that holds a substance, device, or material which is difficult, troublesome, or awkward to handle and that usually can be easily changed.

CARTRIDGE definition: 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. …

Only small-caliber rimfire cartridges and centerfire cartridges have survived into the modern day. The cartridge was invented specifically for breechloading firearms.

A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.

A cartridge is also a tube containing an explosive substance and often a bullet for use in a gun.

Definition of cartridge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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(Electronics) an electromechanical transducer in the pick-up of a record player, usually either containing a piezoelectric crystal (crystal cartridge) or an electromagnet (magnetic cartridge)

CARTRIDGE meaning: 1 : a tube which you put into a gun and which contains a bullet and explosive material; 2 : a case or container that you put into a machine to make it work

Dec 19, 2025 · (obsolete) 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".