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Nitre
{
, Ni′ter
,Ni′tre
}Noun.
2.
(Chem.)
Native sodium carbonate; natron.
[Obs.]
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 Chile, whence it is known also as
– Chile saltpeter
. Niter bush
(Bot.)
, a genus (
Nitraria
) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.Definition 2025
nitre
nitre
See also: nitré
English
Noun
nitre (countable and uncountable, plural nitres)
- British standard spelling of niter.
- (obsolete) native sodium carbonate; natron
- Bible, Jer. ii. 22
- For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
- Bible, Jer. ii. 22
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nitʁ/
Noun
nitre m (uncountable)
- (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)
Synonyms
Related terms
Verb
nitre
- first-person singular present indicative of nitrer
- third-person singular present indicative of nitrer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
- second-person singular imperative of nitrer