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ammonia

/əˈməʊ.nɪ.ə/US/əˈmoʊn.jə/

ammonia noun: a gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.

Noun

ammonia (countable and uncountable, plural ammonias)

  1. A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.
  2. A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.
    • Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.
    • Slowly we rode down to the camp - a very sorrowful party. We took "Nep" straight to the surgery, where the doctor instantly applied injections of ammonia, then the new remedy for snake bite.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 95

ammonia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

ammonia in Hindi

अमोनिया, एमोनिया

ammonia in Tamil

உரத் தொழிற்சாலைகளில் மிகவும் பயனாகிறது

ammonia in Marathi

अमोनिया, अॅमोनिया

ammonia in Urdu

نوشادر
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ammonia in Bengali
অ্যামোনিয়া, আমোনিয়া
ammonia in Telugu
అమ్మోనియా, అమోనియా
ammonia in Malayalam
അമോണിയ amōṇiya
ammonia in Kannada
ಅಮೊನಿಯ
ammonia in Punjabi
ਅਮੋਨੀਆ, ਐਮੋਨੀਆ
ammonia in Gujarati
એમોનિયા, એમ્મોનિયા, અમોનિયા
ammonia in Odia
ଆମୋନିଆ, ଆମୋନୀଆ
ammonia in Nepali
अमोनिया, एमोनिया
ammonia in Tagalog
amonya
ammonia in Arabic
أَمُونِيَا ʔamūniyā, نُشَادِر nušādir
ammonia in Malay
amonia
ammonia in Indonesian
amonia
ammonia in Persian
آمونیاک âmuniyâk

Examples of ammonia in a sentence

  • Ammon is an Egyptian god near whose temple ammonia and ammoniac were said to come.
  • The dissociative techniques separated ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
  • On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.

All 33 example sentences with ammonia

Synonyms of ammonia

Forms of ammonia

pluralammonias

Origin of ammonia

From Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn (i-mn:n-A4).

Words formed from ammonia

Phrases with ammonia

Words that rhyme with ammonia

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Questions about ammonia

What does ammonia mean?
Ammonia means a gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste.
What is ammonia in Hindi?
Ammonia in Hindi is अमोनिया, एमोनिया. See Ammonia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ammonia?
Ammonia is a noun.
How do you pronounce ammonia?
Ammonia is pronounced /əˈməʊ.nɪ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ammonia?
The plural of ammonia is ammonias.

Words near ammonia in the dictionary

  1. ammonal
  2. ammonals
  3. ammonemia
  4. ammonemias
  5. ammonemic
  6. ammonia
  7. ammonia borane
  8. ammonia caramel
  9. ammonia caramels
  10. ammonia process
  11. ammonia water

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ammonia (page history and authors); ammonia (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammonia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammonia (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammonia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ammonia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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