muriate

[ myoor-ee-eyt, -it ]

/ ˈmyʊər iˌeɪt, -ɪt /

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noun

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

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Origin of muriate

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

OTHER WORDS FROM muriate

sub·mu·ri·ate, noun

Words nearby muriate

murexide, murexide test, Murfreesboro, murgeon, Murghob, muriate, muriatic, muriatic acid, muricate, Muriel, Murillo

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Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
A good formula is one part nitrate of soda, two parts of muriate of potash, two parts of high grade phosphoric acid.
Dwarf Fruit Trees|F. A. Waugh
The bread thus retains its sweetness—no waste of its saccharine matter, and no residuum except muriate of soda or common salt.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages|William Andrus Alcott
I repeated the latter experiment, adding to the nitro-sulphuric solution muriate of soda.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Muriate of Soda or common salt, exists in most of the states and territories of this Valley.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West|J. M. Peck

British Dictionary definitions for muriate

muriate

/ (ˈmjʊərɪɪt, -ˌeɪt) /

noun

an obsolete name for a chloride

Word Origin for muriate

C18: back formation from muriatic; see muriatic acid

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