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    AMMONIUM NITRATE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellantplay

    Classified under:

    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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