Meaning

7 senses
  1. The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

    Patrone

    патро́нpatrón

    набі́йnabíj, патро́нpatrón

    ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun

  2. (broadly)A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.

  3. A replaceable valve assembly within a faucet or shower fixture that regulates the flow and temperature of the water.

  4. A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

    Patrone, Kartusche

    ка́ртриджkártridž

    ка́ртриджkártrydž

  5. Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.

  6. A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.

  7. (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".

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom put a new ink cartridge in his pen.

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  2. Please replace the empty printer cartridge.

    deBitte tausche die leere Druckerpatrone aus.

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  3. The ink cartridge can be recycled.

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  4. The cartridges are easy to refill.

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  5. The toner cartridge needs to be replaced.

    deDer Toner muss ausgetauscht werden.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
firearms package:
vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer:
Русский
By meaning 2
firearms package:
vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
firearms package:
vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer:

Origin

Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of pap

Corruption of earlier cartage, from French cartouche, from Italian cartoccio (“roll of paper”), from Medieval Latin carta (“paper”). Doublet of cartouche.

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Forms

plural: cartridges

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable:pickup
  • a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required:magazine

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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