Usually means: Potassium nitrate used in gunpowder.
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  1. saltpetre: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. saltpetre: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saltpetre: Collins English Dictionary
  4. saltpetre: Vocabulary.com
  5. Saltpetre, saltpetre: Wordnik
  6. saltpetre: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. saltpetre: Wiktionary
  8. saltpetre: Dictionary.com
  9. Saltpetre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Saltpetre: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. saltpetre: Rhymezone
  12. Saltpetre: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. saltpetre: FreeDictionary.org
  14. saltpetre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. saltpetre: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. saltpetre: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. saltpetre: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. saltpetre: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (originally) Potassium nitrate.
noun:  (uncommon) Sodium nitrate.
verb:  (transitive) To treat with saltpetre.

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