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potassium nitrite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
potas-si-um ni-trite
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.

Inflected Forms

potassium nitrites (plural)

Synonyms

E249 when used as a preservative

Questions

What does potassium nitrite mean?
The potassium salt of nitrous acid, KNO₂.

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