n.

1. See potassium nitrate.
2. See sodium nitrate.
3. See niter.

[Middle English salpetre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sālpetrae : Latin sāl, salt + Latin petrae, genitive of petra, rock (from Greek petrā).]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
  Synonyms: potassium nitrate, saltpetre, niter, nitre

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - salpeter

Nederlands (Dutch)
salpeter

Français (French)
n. - salpêtre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Salpeter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χημ.) νίτρο, νιτρικό κάλιο

Italiano (Italian)
salnitro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - salitre (m), nitrato de potássio (m)

Русский (Russian)
селитра

Español (Spanish)
n. - salitre, nitro, nitrato sódico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - salpeter

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
硝石

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 硝石

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 초석, 질산칼륨

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 硝石

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نترات ألبوتاسيوم او ألصوديوم, ألملح ألصخري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חנקת האשלגן, מלחת‬

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