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nitrate

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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ni=trate

CIDE DICTIONARY

nitraten. [Cf. F. nitrate.].
     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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nitrate, n. & v.
--n.
1 any salt or ester of nitric acid.
2 potassium or sodium nitrate when used as a fertilizer.
--v.tr. Chem. treat, combine, or impregnate with nitric acid.

Derivative
nitration n.
Etymology
F (as NITRE, -ATE(1))

THESAURUS

nitrate

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

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