Thesaurus: nitrate

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1. n. A salt of nitric acid.
2. n. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
3. v. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
4. 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.
5. A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystallinesalt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; --called also lunar caustic.
6. n:100 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