Nitre definitions

Nitre

1) British fertilizer 2) British import 3) British importation 4) British saltpeter 5) Chile export 6) Chilean export to Britain 7) Fertiliser component 8) Fertiliser compound 9) Fertiliser ingredient 10) Fool about explosive mixture 11) French word used in English 12) Gunpowder ingredient 13) Gunpowder part
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Nitre

1) Niter 2) Saltpeter 3) Saltpetre
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Nitre

• (n.) Native sodium carbonate; natron. • (n.) See Niter. • (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter. • (n.) See Niter. • (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter. • (n.) Native sodium carbonate; natron.Nitre: words in t...
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nitre

1. <chemistry> A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter. ... 2. <chemistry> Native sodium carbonate; natron. 'For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.' (Jer. Ii. 22) Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a nati...
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Nitre

Ni'tre noun (Chemistry) See Niter .
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/24

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nitre

Potassium nitrate, KNO₃, a mineral found on and just under the ground in desert regions; used in explosives. Nitre occurs in Bihar, India, Iran, and Cape Province, South Africa. The salt was formerly used for the manufacture of gunpowder, but the supply of nitre for explosives is today largely met by making the salt from ...
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