CYANAMIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyanamide mean? 

• CYANAMIDE (noun)
  The noun CYANAMIDE has 2 senses:

1. a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)

2. a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds

  Familiarity information: CYANAMIDE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYANAMIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cyanamid; cyanamide

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

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

calcium-cyanamide; cyanamide

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

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)