Meanings
nounammonium nitrate (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).
According to the Lebanese government, about 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was stored in a warehouse on the Beirut waterfront and caught fire, later exploding.
2020 August 5, John Ismay, “What Is Ammonium Nitrate, Blamed in the Beirut Explosion?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Afrikaans ammoniumnitraat
- ammoniumnitraatammonium salt of nitric acid
Basque amonio nitrato
- amonio nitratoammonium salt of nitric acid
Bulgarian амониев нитрат
- амониев нитрат (amoniev nitrat)ammonium salt of nitric acid
Catalan nitrat d'amoni
- nitrat d'amoniammonium salt of nitric acid
Chinese Mandarin 硝酸銨 /硝酸铵
- 硝酸銨 /硝酸铵 (xiāosuān'ǎn)ammonium salt of nitric acid
Czech dusičnan amonný
- dusičnan amonnýammonium salt of nitric acid
Danish ammoniumnitrat
- ammoniumnitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Dutch ammoniumnitraat
- ammoniumnitraatammonium salt of nitric acid
Esperanto amonia nitrato
- amonia nitratoammonium salt of nitric acid
Finnish ammoniumnitraatti
- ammoniumnitraattiammonium salt of nitric acid
French nitrate d'ammonium
- nitrate d'ammoniumammonium salt of nitric acid
German Ammoniumnitrat
- Ammoniumnitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Greek νιτρικό αμμώνιο
- νιτρικό αμμώνιο (nitrikó ammónio)ammonium salt of nitric acid
Hungarian ammónium-nitrát
- ammónium-nitrátammonium salt of nitric acid
Icelandic ammóníumnítrat
- ammóníumnítratammonium salt of nitric acid
Indonesian amonium nitrat
- amonium nitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Irish níotráit amóiniam
- níotráit amóiniamammonium salt of nitric acid
Italian nitrato di ammonio, nitrato d'ammonio
- nitrato di ammonioammonium salt of nitric acid
- nitrato d'ammonioammonium salt of nitric acid
Japanese 硝安
- 硝安 (shōan)ammonium salt of nitric acid
Latvian amonija nitrāts
- amonija nitrātsammonium salt of nitric acid
Lithuanian amonio nitratas
- amonio nitratasammonium salt of nitric acid
Malay ammonium nitrat
- ammonium nitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Māori haukini pākawaota
- haukini pākawaotaammonium salt of nitric acid
Norwegian ammoniumnitrat
- ammoniumnitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Persian آمونیوم نیترات
- آمونیوم نیتراتammonium salt of nitric acid
Polish azotan amonu
- azotan amonuammonium salt of nitric acid
Portuguese nitrato de amônio
- nitrato de amônioammonium salt of nitric acid
Romanian nitrat de amoniu, azotat de amoniu
- nitrat de amoniuammonium salt of nitric acid
- azotat de amoniuammonium salt of nitric acid
Slovak dusičnan amónny
- dusičnan amónnyammonium salt of nitric acid
Spanish nitrato de amonio, nitrato amónico
- nitrato de amonioammonium salt of nitric acid
- nitrato amónicoammonium salt of nitric acid
Swedish ammoniumnitrat
- ammoniumnitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Thai แอมโมเนียมไนเตรต
- แอมโมเนียมไนเตรตammonium salt of nitric acid
Turkish amonyum nitrat
- amonyum nitratammonium salt of nitric acid
Ukrainian нітрат амонію
- нітрат амонію (nitrat amoniju)ammonium salt of nitric acid
Cite this entry
APA
ammonium nitrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonium%20nitrate
MLA
“ammonium nitrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonium%20nitrate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ammonium nitrate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonium%20nitrate.
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