'Nitrate' definitions:

Definition of 'nitrate'

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noun
Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
verb
Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

Definition of 'Nitrate'

From: GCIDE
  • Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. [1913 Webster]
  • Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called {silver nitrate}. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Synonyms of 'nitrate'

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