Meaning of Nitrite | Babel Free

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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