"potassium nitrate" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} potassium nitrate (uncountable)
  1. (inorganic chemistry) KNO₃, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO₃). Wikipedia link: potassium nitrate Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry Synonyms: E252 (english: as a preservative), nitre, saltpetre, saltpeter Translations (KNO3): ܫܵܘܪܵܐ (šōrā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), բորակ (borak) (Armenian), поташ (potaš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 硝石 (xiāoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), kaliumnitrat [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), salpeter [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), kaliumnitraat [neuter] (Dutch), kalia nitrato (Esperanto), salpetro (Esperanto), kaliumnitraatti (Finnish), kalisalpietari (Finnish), salpietari (Finnish), salpêtre [masculine] (French), salpêtre du Chili [masculine] (French), nitre (French), Salpeter [masculine] (German), Kalisalpeter [masculine] (German), शोरा (śorā) (Hindi), kálium-nitrát (Hungarian), salétrom (Hungarian), salétromsó (Hungarian), saltpétur [masculine] (Icelandic), kalínítrat [neuter] (Icelandic), kalísaltpétur [masculine] (Icelandic), kalíumnítrat [neuter] (Icelandic), kalium nitrat (Indonesian), salpeter (Indonesian), salnitro [masculine] (Italian), 硝石 (shōseki) (alt: しょうせき) (Japanese), 硝酸カリウム (shōsan kariumu) (Japanese), ផ្កាក្រាម (pkaa kraam) (Khmer), ເຈຍ (chīa) (Lao), sal petrae (Latin), konurehu pākawa ota (Maori), шүү (šüü) (Mongolian), salpeter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), salpeter [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), كوهرچله (güherçile) (Ottoman Turkish), شوره (šure) (Persian), Soltpeeta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), salitre (Portuguese), qullpa (Quechua), azotat de potasiu [masculine] (Romanian), сели́тра (selítra) [feminine] (Russian), salpeter [common-gender] (Swedish), salitre (Tagalog), పొటాషియం నైట్రేటు (poṭāṣiyaṁ naiṭrēṭu) (Telugu), โพแทสเซียมไนเตรต (Thai), ดินประสิว (din-bprà-sǐu) (Thai), güherçile (Turkish), potasyum nitrat (Turkish)

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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salpeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "salpeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "güherçile",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "كوهرچله"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šure",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "شوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Soltpeeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "salitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "qullpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azotat de potasiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "selítra",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сели́тра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "salpeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "salitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "poṭāṣiyaṁ naiṭrēṭu",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "పొటాషియం నైట్రేటు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "โพแทสเซียมไนเตรต"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "din-bprà-sǐu",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "ดินประสิว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "güherçile"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "KNO3",
      "word": "potasyum nitrat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "potassium nitrate"
}
{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (KNO3): E252 (as a preservative), nitre, saltpetre, saltpeter desc=KNO3 rest=E252 (as a preservative), nitre, saltpetre, saltpeter cls=romanization cls2=other e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "potassium nitrate"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "potassium nitrate",
  "trace": ""
}

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