Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid);
VERB (1)
1.
treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate;
- Example: "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nitrate
n 1: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt
or ester of nitric acid)
v 1: treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound
into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating
glycerol"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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