Definition of Nitre
1. Noun. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
Definition of Nitre
1. n. See Niter.
Definition of Nitre
1. Noun. (U.K.) (alternative spelling of niter) ¹
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Definition of Nitre
1. niter [n -S] - See also: niter
Medical Definition of Nitre
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1. A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
2. 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 native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter.
Niter bush, a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.
Origin: F. Nitre, L. Nitrum native soda, natron, Gr.; cf. Ar. Nitn, natrn natron. Cf. Natron.
See Niter.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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