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