nitre

[nahy-ter]

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a variant of niter.

nitre

/ ˈnaɪtə /

noun

1. another name for potassium nitrate sodium nitrate

Word History and Origins

Origin of nitre¹

C14: via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron _natron

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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

From Literature

The walls were discolored with patches of nitre.

From Literature

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.

From Literature

Give in every meal afterward one table-spoonful of flour of sulphur, and as much nitre as will cover a dime, for from three days to a week, according to the state of the disease.

From Project Gutenberg