eprouvette

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noun

A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.

OriginFrench éprouvette →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nouneprouvette (plural eprouvettes)

plural eprouvettes · alternative epruvette

  1. A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.

    From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.

    2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Frenchéprouvette
  2. Englisheprouvette

French éprouvette

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APA

eprouvette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eprouvette

MLA

“eprouvette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eprouvette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eprouvette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eprouvette.

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