muriate
- noun
- /ˈmjʊəriˌeɪt/
- Archaic
:
muriato
- Meister Boerhave speaks on some adept whose name is long forgotten that brought up suroxydized muriate of quicksilver, promising to catalogue the fusibility of minerals.
- muriate of potash
Examples
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Many fertilizers contain muriate of potash for its potassium content.
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The farmer added muriate of potash to the soil to improve crop yields.
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Muriate of potash = $25.
Academic text (2000) -
Muriate of potash - $25
Academic text (2000) -
For his gardening needs, he purchased a bag of muriate of potash from the local store.
Synonyms
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2.9
A substance made when an acid joins with a metal, often forming crystals
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5.6
A substance made when chlorine joins another element, like in table salt
A white salt used to give plants and people the mineral potassium
A white salt used to treat low potassium in people and help plants grow
Compounds
- Specialized
A white salt used to treat low potassium in people and help plants grow
Surface Forms
Morphology
muriate = muri + ate
The combining form 'muri-' is not a productive or recognizable English morpheme for learners and the term is specialized/archaic, so the meaning cannot be derived from its parts.
Etymology
Muriate comes from the Latin word muria, which means 'brine' or 'salt', because salts were once made from salty water; this gives the word a clear link to salt. So a muriate is a chloride salt, which is why the word is used for things like potassium chloride in fertilizers.