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 Definitions of Nitrate  [ˈnɪt ɪd]  

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Definition of 'Nitrate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) nitrate
a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group ONO

2.  nitrate
fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.

3. (v.t.) nitrate
to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.

4.  nitrate
to convert into a nitrate.

Etymology:  (< F (1787); see niter , -ate2)

Definition of 'Nitrate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) nitrate
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

2. (verb) nitrate
treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
"nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"


Definition of 'Nitrate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Nitrate
a salt of nitric acid


Translation of 'Nitrate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of several substances containing nitrogen often used as soil fertilizers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nitraat Arabic flag Arabic: نِتْرات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: азотна киселина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nitrato Czech flag Czech: dusičnan German flag German: das Nitrat
Danish flag Danish: nitrat; gødningssalt Greek flag Greek: νιτρικό άλας Spanish flag Spanish: nitrato
Estonian flag Estonian: nitraat Farsi flag Farsi: نیترات Finnish flag Finnish: nitraatti
French flag French: nitrate Hebrew flag Hebrew: חַנקָה Hindi flag Hindi: नाइट्रेट
Croatian flag Croatian: nitrat Hungarian flag Hungarian: salétromsavas só Indonesian flag Indonesian: nitrat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: nítrat Italian flag Italian: nitrato Japanese flag Japanese: 硝酸塩
Korean flag Korean: 질산염 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nitratas, azoto trąša Latvian flag Latvian: nitrāts
Malay flag Malay: nitrat Dutch flag Dutch: nitraat Norwegian flag Norwegian: nitrat; salpeter
Polish flag Polish: azotan Persian flag Persian: نیترات Pashto flag Pashto: نايتريت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nitrato Romanian flag Romanian: nitrat Russian flag Russian: нитрат
Slovak flag Slovak: dusičnan Slovenian flag Slovenian: nitrat Serbian flag Serbian: nitrat
Swedish flag Swedish: nitrat Thai flag Thai: สารประกอบไนโตรเจน Turkish flag Turkish: nitrat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 硝酸鹽 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: азотнокисла сіль; нітрат Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کا تيزابي عنصر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nitrat Chinese flag Chinese: 硝酸盐

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