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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nitrate \Ni"trate\, noun [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid.
{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
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"
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
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