"ammonal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈa.mə.nal/ [UK] Forms: ammonals [plural]
Etymology: From ammon(ium) + al(uminium). Head templates: {{en-noun}} ammonal (plural ammonals)
  1. An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder. Wikipedia link: ammonal Categories (topical): Explosives Translations (explosive): amonal [masculine] (Catalan), amónal [masculine] (Irish), ammonal [masculine] (Italian), amonal [masculine] (Polish), amonal [masculine] (Portuguese), amonal [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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