|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

sodium nitrite

DEFINITIONS OF: sodium nitrite

1

n nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens

Type of:
nitrite
the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES