'TNT' definitions:
Definition of 'TNT'
(from WordNet)
noun
Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene [syn: TNT, trinitrotoluene]
Definition of 'TNT'
From: GCIDE
- Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, n.
- 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
- Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.] [1913 Webster]