Niter (Noun)
Meaning
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Potassium niter, commonly used in gardening as a nitrogenous fertilizer, should be stored carefully to prevent explosions.
- Miners dug niter-rich caves during World War I, aware that its refined potassium nitrate component had excellent utility for firearms manufacturing.
- Growing carnivorous sundew requires caution to offer gentle or only soil deficient in nutrient; rather only potassium niter added sometimes would safely promote.
- Crude saltpeter - niter taken as crystalline residue - must be packed and shipped carefully lest an important source of cheap gunpowder were lost during handling hazard incidents.
- Experts had warned long before the abandoned warehouse finally blew up that allowing unchecked niter buildup could be potentially explosive.