OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23708

nitrite

/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nitrito
Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form…
nitrito
The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
Word forms