Nitrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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