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Noun: ammonium nitrate
  1. Used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant

Derived forms: ammonium nitrates

Type of: ammonium salt, nitrate

Part of: fertiliser [Brit], fertilizer, laughing gas, nitrous oxide, plant food

Encyclopedia: Ammonium nitrate