The word itself is English.
Gunpowder is typically considered to be one word.
I went to the store to buy some gunpowder for my cannon.
China in the 9th century
gunpowder
On the first bonfire night I think
Sulphur is a constituent part of gunpowder.
The gunpowder came to blow open a cave to get the vase for the athanian treasury.
One compound word that starts with gun is gunpowder
There is no specific collective noun for gunpowder, in which case, you use an appropriate noun suited to the situation a pound of gunpowder, a flask of gunpowder, a box of gunpowder, etc.
Gunpowder can be used to make a bomb. So unless you are licensed to be in possession of gunpowder, owning gunpowder is illegal.
Nothing.. Gunpowder does not impact-detonate, which is why bullets have a "primer" that will ignite the gunpowder when it is struck. Nothing.. Gunpowder does not impact-detonate, which is why bullets have a "primer" that will ignite the gunpowder when it is struck.
Gunpowder rendered them rather obselete, though firearms weren't that common at first.