Nitrate

//ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

    "Nitrates are most commonly used in fertilizers, especially sodium and potassium nitrates. Numerous water wells have had to be abandoned because of the lack of a way to deal with the problem."

  2. 2
    any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
  2. 2
    treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acetifyacidifyacidulateacrylicalcoholalkalify

Example

More examples

"Natural mineral water contains calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium as well as nitrate."

Etymology

From French nitrate.

Related phrases

aluminium nitrateammonia nitrateammonium nitrateamyl nitrateassimilatory nitrate reductasebarium nitrateberyllium nitratecadmium nitratecaesium nitratecalcium nitratecellulose nitrateceric ammonium nitrate

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