🔤 Saltpeter ✨

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URDU

شورہ، پوٹاشیم نائٹریٹ، بارود کا عنصر، نمک شورہ، کیمیکل
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
shora, potassium nitrate, barood ka unsor, namak e shora, chemical
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ENGLISH

📚noun
saltpeter
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˌsɔːltˈpiː.tər/
Phonetic: /sawlt pee ter/
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DEFINITION

potassium nitrate, a white crystalline chemical compound used in gunpowder and fertilizer
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Ancient chemists used saltpeter as a crucial ingredient in manufacturing explosive gunpowder. Farmers applied fertilizer containing saltpeter to improve crop yields in nutrient poor soil. Saltpeter occurs naturally as a mineral deposit inside dark cool damp caves. The technician handled the pure saltpeter sample with great caution in lab. Preserving cured meats traditionally involved using small measured amounts of refined saltpeter.
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SYNONYMS

nitrate niter chemical fertilizer preservative
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