Found 2 items, similar to nitrate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: nitrate 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Nitrate 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]