muriate

American  

[myoor-ee-eyt, -it] / ˈmyʊər iˌeɪt, -ɪt /

noun

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

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muriate British  

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈmjʊərɪɪt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for a chloride

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Other Word Forms

• submuriate noun

Etymology

Origin of muriate

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

Example Sentences

General Manager Don Purvis said the move away from muriate was a corporate decision involving a product that makes up about 30 percent of production at the Carlsbad facility.

From Washington Times

Chemical experiments have established its composition, as follows: first, of a soapy matter with a basis of potash, which forms the greater part of it; second, a small quantity of carbonate of potash; third, a perceptible quantity of acetate of potash; fourth, lime, in a peculiar and unknown state of combination; fifth, an atom of muriate of potash; sixth, an animal oil, to which its peculiar odor is attributable.

From Project Gutenberg

Muriate of pilocarpine was now directed to be given in doses of one-thirty-second of a grain every three hours, dissolved in cold water.

From Project Gutenberg

Muriate of pilocarpine was recommended for this purpose three years ago.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus it is that for many years the muriate of iron has constituted the main element, with me, of internal medication in most cases of diphtheria, both of the mild and the most dangerous septic type.

From Project Gutenberg