nitrate

3 definitions found

nitrate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nitrate \Ni"trate\, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.)
     A salt of nitric acid.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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
        .
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

nitrate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

nitrate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "nitrate":
     acetify, acidify, acidulate, alkalify, alkalize, ammonia, borate,
     carbonate, castor-bean meal, catalyze, chemical, chlorinate,
     commercial fertilizer, compost, dressing, dung, electrolyze,
     enrichener, ferment, fertilizer, guano, homopolymerize, hydrate,
     hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, manure, muck, night soil,
     nitrogen, organic fertilizer, oxidize, pepsinate, peroxidize,
     phosphate, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, sulfate, sulfatize,
     sulfonate, superphosphate, work