AMMONIUM CARBONATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A carbonate of ammonium; used in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder and ammonium compounds

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ammonium carbonate" is a kind of...):

carbonate (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))

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