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Nitre

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Chiefly British Variant of niter.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of niter.

n. native sodium carbonate; natron

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See niter.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See niter.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

Word Usage

"Mention of this substance is made in (Proverbs 25: 20) -- "and as vinegar upon nitre" -- and in (Jeremiah 2: 26) The article denoted is not that which we now understand by the term nitre i.e. nitrate of Potassa -- "saltpetre" -- but the nitrum of the Latins and the natron or native carbonate of soda of modern chemistry."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

nitrate

Variant

niter

Same Context

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