ammonal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈa.mə.nal/ (UK)
Etymology
From ammon(ium) + al(uminium).
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ammonals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
it ammonal (explosive) · pt amonal (explosive) · es amonal (explosive) · ga amónal (explosive) · cmn 阿芒拿爾 /阿芒拿尔 (explosive) · ca amonal (explosive) · pl amonal (explosive)