| Noun | 1. | cartridge - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgunball cartridge - a general purpose cartridge having a primer and a ball and a full charge of powder bullet, slug - a projectile that is fired from a gun | |
| 2. | cartridge - a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as requiredcamera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) supply chamber - a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed | |
| 3. | cartridge - a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck"ink cartridge - a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced module - a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components tape cartridge - a cartridge containing magnetic tape; for use with audio or video recorders or computer systems | |
| 4. | cartridge - an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removablecrystal pickup - a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal phonograph, record player - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically stylus - a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player | |