ALL meanings of ammonia
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A a - uncountable noun ammonia Ammonia is a colourless liquid or gas with a strong, sharp smell. It is used in making household cleaning substances. 3
- noun ammonia a colourless pungent highly soluble gas mainly used in the manufacture of fertilizers, nitric acid, and other nitrogenous compounds, and as a refrigerant and solvent. Formula: NH3 3
- noun ammonia a solution of ammonia in water, containing the compound ammonium hydroxide 3
- noun ammonia a colorless, pungent gas, NH3: its compounds are used as fertilizers, in medicine, etc. 3
- noun ammonia a 10% water solution of this gas 3
- noun ammonia A colorless gas with a characteristic pungent smell. It dissolves in water to give a strongly alkaline solution. 1
- noun ammonia a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents. 1
- noun ammonia Also called ammonia solution, ammonia water, aqua ammoniae, aqua ammonia, aqueous ammonia. this gas dissolved in water; ammonium hydroxide. 1
- noun ammonia chemistry: gas 1
- noun ammonia cleaning solution 1
- noun ammonia (inorganic chemistry) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste. 0