Nitrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The univalent radical NO3 or a compound containing it, as a salt or an ester of nitric acid.
  • n. Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
  • v. To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
  • v. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A salt of nitric acid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A salt of nitric acid.
  • To treat or prepare with nitric acid: as, nitrated guncotton.
  • To convert (a base) into a salt by combination with nitric acid.
  • n. Important experiments have been made on an industrial scale for the production economically of nitrates from atmospheric air by high-tension electrical discharges through moist air in the presence of basic materials.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
  • n. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
  • Verb Form
    nitrated    nitrates    nitrating   
    Hypernym
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    process    treat   
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    chloride    phosphate    oxide    potassium    acetate    iodide    bromide    salt    sulphide    chlorine