how to pronounce ammonia

/əˈmoʊnjə/

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ammonia is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ammonia in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… like lactic acid acetone and ammonia but …”

meaning of ammonia

Ammonia is a colorless, highly toxic gas that is the main component of household cleaning products.

ammonia frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ammonia occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.