Nitrite

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.”

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