Definition of 'nitrate'

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Noun

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

Verb

1. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

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