AMMONIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ammoniac mean? 

• AMMONIAC (noun)
  The noun AMMONIAC has 1 sense:

1. the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant

  Familiarity information: AMMONIAC used as a noun is very rare.

• AMMONIAC (adjective)
  The adjective AMMONIAC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia

  Familiarity information: AMMONIAC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMMONIAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ammoniac; gum ammoniac

Hypernyms ("ammoniac" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Derivation:

ammoniac; ammoniacal (pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia)

• AMMONIAC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

ammoniac; ammoniacal

Pertainym:

ammonia (a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3))

Derivation:

ammoniac (the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant)