Definitions

1. noun

A container, especially a cylindrical one, for holding or storing something, such as ammunition, a film, or a computer chip.

“The printer uses an ink cartridge that needs to be replaced periodically.”

2. noun

A self-contained unit of ammunition or a supply of ammunition.

“The gun fired a single cartridge from the clip.”

3. noun

A detachable unit, especially of a camera or a typewriter, that contains film or ink.

“The camera’s film cartridge needed to be changed after 36 exposures.”

4. verb

To load or fill with cartridges or ammunition.

“The gun was cartridge to prepare it for the hunt.”

5. verb

To supply with cartridges or ammunition.

“The store cartridges the guns for the hunting season.”