AMMONIUM NITRATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant

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Nouns denoting substances

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

nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))

Holonyms ("ammonium nitrate" is a substance of...):

laughing gas; nitrous oxide (inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery)

fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food (any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile)

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