Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To treat or combine with ammonia.
  • noun A compound that contains ammonia.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ammonia combined with a metallic oxid.
  • noun A trade-name for any organic nitrogenous material which may be used as a source of ammonia, particularly in fertilizers, as dried blood, fish-scrap, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb treat with ammonia; expose to ammonia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To treat with ammonia
  • noun inorganic chemistry Any compound containing ammonia bound as a ligand

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb treat with ammonia

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