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ni·tre

 (nī′tər)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of niter.
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nitre

(ˈnaɪtə) or

niter

n
(Elements & Compounds) another name for potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate
[C14: via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron natron]
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potas′sium ni′trate



n.
a crystalline compound, KNO3, produced by nitrification in soil, and used in gunpowders, fertilizers, and preservatives; saltpeter; niter.
[1880–85]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nitre - (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
fertiliser, fertilizer, plant food - any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
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Translations

nitre

niter (US) [ˈnaɪtəʳ] Nnitro m
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nitre

, (US) niter
nSalpeter m or nt
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References in classic literature ?
"Pass your hand," I said, "over the wall; you cannot help feeling the nitre. Indeed, it is very damp.
Some were condensing air into a dry tangible substance, by extracting the nitre, and letting the aqueous or fluid particles percolate; others softening marble, for pillows and pin-cushions; others petrifying the hoofs of a living horse, to preserve them from foundering.
Then he had run to the train, impetuous as a man who is excited by revenge, and full of confidence, as are those whom God blinds, he had set fire to the wick of nitre.
Furious vortices of sulphur and nitre, devouring shoals of fire which caught every object, the terrible thunder of the explosion, this is what the second which followed disclosed in that cavern of horrors.
"It's the only thing ye ever was persistent in, Lord knows!" muttered Aunt Chloe, who was getting rather restive; the merriment of the evening being to her somewhat after the Scripture comparison,--like "vinegar upon nitre."
At last his Sail-broad Vannes He spreads for flight, and in the surging smoak Uplifted spurns the ground, thence many a League As in a cloudy Chair ascending rides Audacious, but that seat soon failing, meets A vast vacuitie: all unawares Fluttring his pennons vain plumb down he drops Ten thousand fadom deep, and to this hour Down had been falling, had not by ill chance The strong rebuff of som tumultuous cloud Instinct with Fire and Nitre hurried him As many miles aloft: that furie stay'd, Quencht in a Boggie SYRTIS, neither Sea, Nor good dry Land: nigh founderd on he fares, Treading the crude consistence, half on foot, Half flying; behoves him now both Oare and Saile.
The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of nitre, gives a red.
1 (color case-hardening of receiver, rust blued barrel, charcoal blued small parts, nitre blued screws and pins)
Caption: This Colt M1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 features polished slide flats, bone charcoal color case hardening and clear coating; the trigger, extractor, controls and screws are nitre blued.
All of the metal work on the Frank is nickel-plated, except for the visible pins and screws, which are attractively nitre blued.
The drugs used most frequently (Figure 5) were perindopril (perin), nitrendipine (nitre), amlodipine (amlo), telmisartan (telmi), hydrochlorothiazide (hydro), rilmenidine, and nebivolol (used in >100 patients, the so-called "first league").