Nitrate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO2 or NO3.
  2. fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
  3. nitrocellulose.
  4. nitrate film.
verb (used with object), ni·trat·ed, ni·trat·ing.
  1. to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.
  2. to convert into a nitrate.
noun
  1. any salt or ester of nitric acid, such as sodium nitrate, NaNO 3
  2. a fertilizer consisting of or containing nitrate salts
verb
  1. to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate
  2. to convert or be converted into a nitrate
  3. to undergo or cause to undergo the chemical process in which a nitro group is introduced into a molecule
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