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   nitrate

   noun

   • 1. a salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3: "preserved meat and vegetables contain nitrates"

   verb

   • 1. treat (a substance) with nitric acid, especially so as to introduce nitro groups: "nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French(see nitre, -ate1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. nitration noun

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