Word.ws English Dictionary

saltpetres

saltpetres is the plural of saltpetre.

saltpetres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of saltpetre.

Meaning of saltpetre

Noun

saltpetre (usually uncountable, plural saltpetres)

  1. (usually, originally) Potassium nitrate.
    Synonyms:
    Chilean saltpeter, Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter, nitre, potassium nitrate
  2. (uncommon, usually) Sodium nitrate.

See all 3 meanings of saltpetre

Phrases with saltpetres

Questions about saltpetres

What is saltpetres the plural of?
Saltpetres is the plural of saltpetre.

Words near saltpetres in the dictionary

  1. saltpetered
  2. saltpetering
  3. saltpeters
  4. saltpetre
  5. saltpetred
  6. saltpetres
  7. saltpetring
  8. saltpetrous
  9. Saltpond
  10. saltproof
  11. salts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: saltpetres (page history and authors); saltpetre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “saltpetres.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/saltpetres. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.