Saltpeter

What do we mean by saltpeter?

In the tobacco industry, a white saline efflorescence on the midvein and lateral ribs of the curing leaf, consisting usually of a mixture of several salts, sometimes with only a trace of saltpeter. It is thought to be developed by dry weather during the first stages of curing. noun

A salt called also niter and, in chemical nomenclature, potassium nitrate, or nitrate of potash. See niter. noun

Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. noun

Sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline substance, NaNO3, having a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the production of nitric acid. Called also cubic niter. noun

Nitric acid; -- sometimes so called because made from saltpeter. noun

Alternative spelling of saltpetre. noun

(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive noun

Potassium nitrate.

Sodium nitrate.

Words that are spelled similarly to saltpeter:
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Words that rhyme with saltpeter:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective saltpeter:
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Consonant match to saltpeter:
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