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nitriary

nitriary noun: an artificial bed composed of animal matter, used for the manufacture of nitrate.

Noun

nitriary (plural nitriaries)

  1. (historical) An artificial bed composed of animal matter, used for the manufacture of nitrate.

Forms of nitriary

pluralnitriaries

Origin of nitriary

From nitre and -ary.

Questions about nitriary

What does nitriary mean?
Nitriary means an artificial bed composed of animal matter, used for the manufacture of nitrate.
What part of speech is nitriary?
Nitriary is a noun.
What is the plural of nitriary?
The plural of nitriary is nitriaries.

Words near nitriary in the dictionary

  1. nitreous
  2. nitrergic
  3. nitres
  4. nitrian
  5. nitriaries
  6. nitriary
  7. nitric
  8. nitric acid
  9. nitric oxide
  10. nitricum
  11. nitrid

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