| 词汇 | saltpeter |
| 释义 | saltpeter noun[ U ] US(UKsaltpetre)us/ˈsɑːltˌpiː.t̬ɚ/uk /ˌsɒltˈpiː.tər/ a salty-tasting white powder used to preserve meat, and also used in producing explosives and fertilizers(= substances that help plants grow) Improving fertility & pest control agrochemical anti-pesticide antifungal bonemeal coir fertilization fertilizer Frankenfood frass fructify manure mulch over-fertilization over-fertilize paraquat solarize unfertilized unirrigated vermicompost weedkiller You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Preserving & storing food Examples of saltpetersaltpeter Instead, the ingredients were stramonium, belladonna and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). From The Seattle Times But pouring saltpeter from the minarets hasn't worked. From Foreign Policy He had also something to do with the saltpeter transactions. The expenditures were directed toward the financing of the dockyard and the maintenance of the armories (bayt al-amana), the refining of saltpeter, and the manufacture of arms and ammunition. They discovered by the 10th century that saltpeter, which is a salt of nitrogen, niter, when mixed with sulfur, water, and air would combust on being heated. Then to preserve from the ravages of insects scatter on it some powdered alum and a little saltpeter. From Project Gutenberg To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief. From Project Gutenberg This brine is rich in animal matter extracted from the meat, and usually also in saltpeter, which has been used in pickling. From Project Gutenberg Having no manufacturing industries which required saltpeter, very little of that was purchasable in our markets. From Project Gutenberg A saltpeter magazine was in flames, and the operatives exposed to great danger. From Project Gutenberg During the saltpeter times, 1812-1816, elsewhere described, men came and went in carts or on horseback. From Project Gutenberg He created artificial niter beds, from which sufficient saltpeter was obtained, and within a year was furnishing the finest powder. From Project Gutenberg But "saltpeter in gunpowder is better than no salt at all" is an old axiom among hunters. From Project Gutenberg All these explosives are made from nitric acid and this used to be made from nitrates such as potassium nitrate or saltpeter. From Project Gutenberg Somebody has scattered little piles of saltpeter all over the summit. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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