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nitrate

/ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
  2. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree French nitratebor. English nitrate Borrowed from French nitrate.

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