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# cartridge

noun (a cartridge, cartridges)

«cartridge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cartridge is a small container that holds something and fits into a machine or tool, like an ink cartridge for a pen or printer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#m1)
2. A cartridge is the case holding a bullet and gunpowder for a gun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#m2)
3. A game cartridge is a plastic case with a game inside, plugged into a games console. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#m3)
4. A cartridge can also be a tube or packet of stiff paper that wraps coins or other things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school pupils use fountain pens with ink cartridges and change printer cartridges. In everyday life: water filter cartridges, old game cartridges. In safety: gun cartridges are dangerous; never touch them.

### Examples

- My pen ran out, so I put in a new ink cartridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x1)
- The printer needs a black cartridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x2)
- Grandad still has his old game cartridges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x3)
- Change the cartridge in the water filter every month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x4)
- Hunters carry cartridges for their guns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x5)
- Push the cartridge in until it clicks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x6)
- I heard all about them this morning from a brown-paper cartridge, who happened to be staying in the same drawer as myself, and knew the latest Court news.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/#x7)

### Note

Countable: cartridges. Spelled «car-tridge» (not «catridge»). In some places a cartridge for ink is called a refill.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cartridge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cartridge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cartridge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cartridge.html) on Mova free.