muriate

[ myoor-ee-eyt, -it ]

noun

1. (not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.

muriate

/ ˈmjʊərɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /

noun

1. See chloride
   an obsolete name for a chloride

Other Words From

• sub·muri·ate noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

C18: back formation from muriatic; see muriatic acid

Example Sentences

Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?

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A good formula is one part nitrate of soda, two parts of muriate of potash, two parts of high grade phosphoric acid.

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The bread thus retains its sweetness—no waste of its saccharine matter, and no residuum except muriate of soda or common salt.

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I repeated the latter experiment, adding to the nitro-sulphuric solution muriate of soda.

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Muriate of Soda or common salt, exists in most of the states and territories of this Valley.

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