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nitrate

ni·trate [ n tràyt ]

noun

Definition:

1. chemistry chemical group: a salt or an ester of nitric acid

2. agriculture fertilizer: a fertilizer that consists of sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, or ammonium nitrate

transitive verb (past and past participle ni·trat·ed, present participle ni·trat·ing, 3rd person present singular ni·trates)

Definition:

chemistry industry use nitrate on something: to treat something with a nitrate or nitric acid, usually in order to change an organic compound into a nitrate

[Late 18th century. < French< nitre "niter"]

ni·tra·tion [ nī tráysh'n ] noun