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nitre

[ nahy-ter ]

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a variant of niter.


nitre

/ ˈ²Ô²¹Éª³ÙÉ™ /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of nitre1

C14: via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron natron
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Example Sentences

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Many of the records come from the Confederate nitre and mining bureau, which was set up to produce saltpeter, among other things.

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They were in a long, dim cellar with barrel-vaulted ceilings, its stone walls spotted with nitre.

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The walls were discolored with patches of nitre.

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He remembered walls of pale red stone festooned with patches of nitre, a grey door of splintered wood, four inches thick and studded with iron.

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Sulphur and nitre should be given in the food, as the appearance of these swellings, whatever be their cause, indicates the necessity of alterative medicines.

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