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Nitre

{

Ni′ter

,

Ni′tre

}
,
Noun.
[F.
nitre
, L.
nitrum
native soda, natron, Gr. [GREEK]; cf. Ar.
nitūn
,
natrūn
natron. Cf.
Natron
.]
1.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See
Saltpeter
.
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.

Ni′tre

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
See
Niter
.

Definition 2024


nitre

nitre

See also: nitré

English

Noun

nitre (countable and uncountable, plural nitres)

  1. British standard spelling of niter.
  2. (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.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nitʁ/

Noun

nitre m (uncountable)

  1. (dated) saltpetre (potassium nitrate)

Synonyms

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Verb

nitre

  1. first-person singular present indicative of nitrer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of nitrer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of nitrer
  5. second-person singular imperative of nitrer

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