HyperDic: sodium_nitrite

English > 1 sense of the expression sodium nitrite:
NOUNsubstancesodium nitritenitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products
English > sodium nitrite: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningnitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens.
BroadernitriteThe radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Catalannitrit de sodi

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