ammonal

A1M3M3O1N1A1L1
UK/ˈa.mə.nal/

noun

An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder.

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Meanings

nounammonal (plural ammonals)

plural ammonals

  1. 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

Origin

From ammon(ium) + al(uminium).

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Translations

Catalan amonal
  • amonalexplosive
Chinese Mandarin 阿芒拿爾 /阿芒拿尔
  • 阿芒拿爾 /阿芒拿尔 (āmángná‘ěr)explosive
Irish amónal
  • amónalexplosive
Italian ammonal
  • ammonalexplosive
Polish amonal
  • amonalexplosive
Portuguese amonal
  • amonalexplosive
Spanish amonal
  • amonalexplosive
Cite this entry
APA

ammonal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonal

MLA

“ammonal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ammonal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonal.

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