Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chile saltpetre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: chile salt-pe-tre
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mineral rich in sodium nitrate that occurs naturally in parts of Chile and Peru; nitratine.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Chile saltpetres (plural) Chile saltpeter (alternative)

Questions

What does chile saltpetre mean?: A mineral rich in sodium nitrate that occurs naturally in parts of Chile and Peru; nitratine.

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