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Meaning of Nitrite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
  2. The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻

Equivalents

العربية النطرون
Català nitrit
Čeština dusitan nitrit
Deutsch Nitrit
Esperanto azotito nitrito
Español nitrito
Français nitrite nitrité
Gaeilge nítrít
Magyar nitrit
Italiano nitrite nitrito
Polski azotyn
Português nitrito
Svenska nitrit

Examples

“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 of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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