English Explanatory Dictionary

nitrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

verb

To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate

Pronunciation

nī'trāt /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav

Word forms

nitrate nitrates nitrating nitrated

Etymology

Etymology tree French nitratebor. English nitrate From French nitrate.

Related words

nitration nitrative nitrator

Derived words

alkylnitrate aluminium nitrate ammonia nitrate ammonitrate ammonium nitrate amyl nitrate assimilatory nitrate reductase barium nitrate beryllium nitrate cadmium nitrate caesium nitrate calcium nitrate cellulose nitrate ceric ammonium nitrate cesium nitrate copper nitrate denitrate dinitrate ethyl nitrate gallium nitrate guanidine nitrate hexanitrate hydrogen nitrate hydroxylammonium nitrate lead nitrate lithium nitrate magnesium nitrate mercuric nitrate mercurous nitrate mononitrate nickel nitrate nitrate bath nitrate of ammonia nitrate of amyl nitrate of baryta nitrate of bismuth nitrate of calcium nitrate of cobalt nitrate of copper nitrate of lead nitrate of lime nitrate of mercury nitrate of potash nitrate of potassium nitrate of silver nitrate of soda nitrate of sodium nitrate of strontia nitrate reductase nitrate reductase test nitrate vulnerable zone nitratian nitratine nitration nitratite nitratocuprate organonitrate orthonitrate oxalonitrate oxynitrate

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