'Nitrate' definitions:
Definition of 'nitrate'
(from WordNet)
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acetify,
- acidify,
- acidulate,
- alkalify,
- alkalize,
- ammonia,
- borate,
- carbonate,
- castor-bean meal,
- catalyze,
- chemical,
- chlorinate,
- commercial fertilizer,
- compost,
- dressing,
- dung,
- electrolyze,
- enrichener,
- ferment,
- fertilizer,
- guano,
- homopolymerize,
- hydrate,
- hydrogenate,
- hydroxylate,
- isomerize,
- manure,
- muck,
- night soil,
- nitrogen,
- organic fertilizer,
- oxidize,
- pepsinate,
- peroxidize,
- phosphate,
- phosphatize,
- polymerize,
- reduce,
- sulfate,
- sulfatize,
- sulfonate,
- superphosphate,
- work