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nitrate Definition


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nitrate
noun
    1. A salt or ester of nitric acid.
    2. Sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate used as a soil fertilizer.
verb nitrated, nitrating
    1. To treat something with nitric acid or a nitrate.
    tr & intr
    2. To convert something into a nitrate.
Derivative: nitration
noun
    Etymology: 18c.



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