niter

Questions about niter

What does niter mean?

niter means "(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive".

How many syllables are in niter?

niter has 2 syllables and divides as ni-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for niter?

Close synonyms include potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, nitre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is niter a common word?

niter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.