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Definition of nitre in English: nitre(US niter) noun ˈnʌɪtəˈnaɪdər another term for saltpetre Example sentencesExamples - The fresh juice supplying 30 percent potassium and the mucilage a good amount of niter and sodium.
- Nitre, or niter, is also used to manufacture gunpowder.
- The German U-boats were shooting on the boats, so most of the niter they were trying to import to make nitroglycerin was at the bottom of the ocean.
- Various reflecting surfaces were used: polished metallic rocks such as obsidian, pyrite, and iron; rock crystal; and an alloy of rose copper and tin, plus an alchemical brew consisting of white arsenic, red tartar, and nitre.
- Maybe Boone noticed crystals of potassium nitrate there, because the deep, loose floor was soon being mined for niter to make gunpowder.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron. Definition of niter in US English: niter(British nitre) nounˈnaɪdərˈnīdər another term for potassium nitrate Example sentencesExamples - Various reflecting surfaces were used: polished metallic rocks such as obsidian, pyrite, and iron; rock crystal; and an alloy of rose copper and tin, plus an alchemical brew consisting of white arsenic, red tartar, and nitre.
- The German U-boats were shooting on the boats, so most of the niter they were trying to import to make nitroglycerin was at the bottom of the ocean.
- Maybe Boone noticed crystals of potassium nitrate there, because the deep, loose floor was soon being mined for niter to make gunpowder.
- The fresh juice supplying 30 percent potassium and the mucilage a good amount of niter and sodium.
- Nitre, or niter, is also used to manufacture gunpowder.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron. |