TNT is a powerful explosive substance. TNT is an abbreviation for 'trinitrotoluene'.
TNT in British English
noun
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene; a yellow solid: used chiefly as a high explosive and is also an intermediate in the manufacture of dyestuffs. Formula: CH3C6H2(NO2)3
TNT in American English
(ˈtiˌɛnˈti)
noun
trinitrotoluene
Word origin
t(ri)n(itro)t(oluene)
Examples of 'TNT' in a sentence
TNT
`Don't tell us Lazard's coming back with a million dollars ' worth of TNT.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
The TNT had blown out a huge section of the trunk, hastening its plummet.