sodium nitrite sodium nitrate • sodium nitroprusside · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · sodium nitrite · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens. Synonyms: sodium nitrite. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075