Defenition of the word nitrate

• Defenition of the word nitrate

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

Hyponyms for the word nitrate

• • ammonium nitrate
  • calcium nitrate
  • cellulose nitrate
  • glyceryl trinitrate
  • guncotton
  • niter
  • nitre
  • nitrocellulose
  • nitrocotton
  • nitroglycerin
  • nitroglycerine
  • Nitrospan
  • Nitrostat
  • potassium nitrate
  • saltpeter
  • saltpetre
  • silver nitrate
  • soda niter
  • sodium nitrate
  • trinitroglycerin
  • uranyl nitrate

Hypernyms for the word nitrate

• • chemical compound
  • compound
  • process
  • salt
  • treat

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