Associations to the word «Tabun»

Wiktionary

TABUN, noun. (organic compound) An extremely toxic nerve agent; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C5H11N2O2P.
TABUN, noun. A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom from which to stoke the fire.

Dictionary definition

TABUN, noun. The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats