To save this word, you'll need to log in.
Definition of calcium cyanamide
: a compound CaCN2 used as a fertilizer and a weed killer and as a source of other nitrogen compounds
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on calcium cyanamide
What made you want to look up calcium cyanamide? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
A More Exception(al) Quiz
- Which of the following words is not a synonym for ‘a young person’?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Share calcium cyanamide
Time Traveler for calcium cyanamide
The first known use of calcium cyanamide was in 1885
See more words from the same year