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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ni•trate /ˈnaɪtreɪt, -trɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Chemistrya chemical compound with nitrogen and oxygen in it.
- Chemistry, Agriculturefertilizer made up of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ni•trate (n. nī′trāt, -trit;v. nī′trāt),USA pronunciation n., v., -trat•ed, -trat•ing. n. - [Chem.]a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO2 or NO3.
- fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
- Cinemacellulose nitrate, a substance used as a film base in the early days of filmmaking.
- Cinema[Informal.]See nitrate film.
v.t. - to treat with nitric acid or a nitrate.
- to convert into a nitrate.
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