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noun
A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Native sodium carbonate; natron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, nitre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nitrate
History
From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj (“natron”). Doublet of natron and trona. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.
Across languages
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