• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.di.əm ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/

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sodium nitrite (countable and uncountable, plural sodium nitrites)

1. (chemistry) The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.

• E250 when used as a preservative
• sal prunella (obsolete)