BLUE ANGEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue angel mean? 

• BLUE ANGEL (noun)
  The noun BLUE ANGEL has 1 sense:

1. the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

  Familiarity information: BLUE ANGEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE ANGEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

amobarbital sodium; Amytal; blue; blue angel; blue devil

Hypernyms ("blue angel" is a kind of...):

amobarbital (a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant)

 Context examples 

I only know that I swim about in space, with a blue angel, in a state of blissful delirium, until I find myself alone with her in a little room, resting on a sofa.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)