🔤 Nitre ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
shora, potassium nitrate
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ENGLISH
📚noun
nitre
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈnaɪtər/
Phonetic: /ny tur/
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DEFINITION
potassium nitrate (saltpeter), used historically in making gunpowder, fertilizers, and preservatives
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Deposit layers of natural nitre were mined along cave walls for gunpowder production.
Old alchemy manuals detailed purification processes for raw nitre.
Farmers applied nitre compounds to soil to enhance crop growth.
The historical manufacture of explosives relied heavily on high-grade nitre.
Crystals of nitre formed slowly on damp cellar walls over time.
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SYNONYMS
saltpeter potassium nitrate
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