Nitrate

n.

1.

(Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. 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.

Noun	1.	nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Verb	1.	nitrate - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

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