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Noun nitrate has 1 sense
  1. nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
    --1 is a kind of     compound, chemical compound
    --1 has substance: nitro group
    --1 has particulars:
     calcium nitrate; cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton; sodium nitrate, soda niter; potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter, nitre; nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate, Nitrospan, Nitrostat; ammonium nitrate; silver nitrate; uranyl nitrate
    Derived forms: verb nitrify1, verb nitrify2, verb nitrify3, verb nitrate1
,Verb nitrate has 1 sense
  1. nitrate - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
    --1 is one way to     process, treat
    Derived forms: noun nitric acid1, noun nitrate1
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