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ammonals

UK/ˈa.mə.nalz/

ammonals is the plural of ammonal.

Meaning of ammonal

Noun

ammonal (plural ammonals)

  1. An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder.
    • Our greatest trial was the German canister. It was a two-gallon drum with a cylinder containing about two pounds of an explosive called ammonal that looked like salmon paste, smelled like marzipan, and when it went off sounded like the Day of judgment.1929 November, Robert Graves, chapter XVIII, in Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 246

Questions about ammonals

What is ammonals the plural of?
Ammonals is the plural of ammonal.
How do you pronounce ammonals?
Ammonals is pronounced /ˈa.mə.nalz/ (UK).

Words near ammonals in the dictionary

  1. Ammon
  2. Ammon's horn
  3. Ammon's law
  4. ammonaemia
  5. ammonal
  6. ammonals
  7. ammonemia
  8. ammonemias
  9. ammonemic
  10. ammonia
  11. ammonia borane

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