Definitions for ammonal

ammonal am·mo·nal

Spelling: [am-uh-nal]
IPA: /ˈæm əˌnæl/

Ammonal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in ammonal (aalmmno).

Definitions for ammonal

noun

  1. a high explosive consisting chiefly of powdered aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT.

Origin of ammonal

First recorded in 1900-05; ammon(ium) + al(uminum)

Examples for ammonal

They were to carry 6-feet tubes full of ammonal for blowing gaps in the wire.

The ammonal was discharged successfully, but the results were disappointing.

For what purpose is ammonal used—is it a drug or an explosive?'

Several dug-outs were bombed, and in some cases set on fire, one being blown up by the Royal Engineers with an ammonal tube.

Nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds of ammonal were used.

The first party found some thick wire, placed their ammonal tubes and successfully blew several gaps.

The Camp Commandant had written what looked like an 'o' in place of an 'a.' Ammonol is a drug; ammonal is an explosive.

A gap was blown in the enemy wire by the explosion of an ammonal tube.

We entered the crater immediately after it was blown, placed another charge of 200 pounds of ammonal, and blew it.

Word Value for ammonal
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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