"nitrate" meaning in English

See nitrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ [US], [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav Forms: nitrates [plural]
enPR: nī'trāt [US] Rhymes: -aɪtɹeɪt Etymology: From French nitrate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|nitrate}} French nitrate Head templates: {{en-noun}} nitrate (plural nitrates)
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Nitrogen Translations (any salt or ester of nitric acid): nitrato (Basque), нитрат (nitrat) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nitrat [masculine] (Catalan), 硝酸鹽 (Chinese Mandarin), 硝酸盐 (xiāo suān yán) (Chinese Mandarin), nitrat [neuter] (Danish), nitraat (Dutch), nitrato (Esperanto), azotato (Esperanto), nitrat [neuter] (Faroese), nitraatti (Finnish), nitrate [masculine] (French), azotate [masculine, rare] (French), Nitrat [neuter] (German), भूयातती (bhūyāttī) (Hindi), nitrát (Hungarian), nítrat [neuter] (Icelandic), nitrato (Ido), nitrato [masculine] (Italian), nitrat (Malay), pākawa ota (Maori), pākawaota (Maori), nitrat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nitrat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), azotan [masculine] (Polish), nitrato [masculine] (Portuguese), azotato [masculine] (Portuguese), nitrat (Romanian), нитра́т (nitrát) [masculine] (Russian), dusičnan [masculine] (Slovak), nitrát [masculine] (Slovak), nitrato [masculine] (Spanish), nitrat [neuter] (Swedish), nitrat (Turkish), nitrad [masculine] (Welsh)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ [US], [ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav Forms: nitrates [present, singular, third-person], nitrating [participle, present], nitrated [participle, past], nitrated [past]
enPR: nī'trāt [US] Rhymes: -aɪtɹeɪt Etymology: From French nitrate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|nitrate}} French nitrate Head templates: {{en-verb}} nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)
  1. To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate Related terms: nitration, nitrator Translations (To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate): нитрирам (nitriram) (Bulgarian), nitrater (French), nitradu (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "cadmium nitrate"
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          "word": "cellulose nitrate"
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          "word": "ceric ammonium nitrate"
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          "word": "cesium nitrate"
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          "word": "copper nitrate"
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          "word": "dinitrate"
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        {
          "word": "ethyl nitrate"
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          "word": "guanidine nitrate"
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          "word": "hydroxylammonium nitrate"
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          "word": "nitrate vulnerable zone"
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          "word": "nitration"
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        {
          "word": "oxalonitrate"
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          "word": "oxynitrate"
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        {
          "word": "palladium nitrate"
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          "word": "peroxyacetyl nitrate"
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          "word": "plumbous nitrate"
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          "word": "plutonyl nitrate"
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          "word": "potassium nitrate"
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          "word": "promethium nitrate"
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          "word": "rubidium nitrate"
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          "word": "silver-copper nitrate"
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          "word": "thorium nitrate"
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          "word": "uranic nitrate"
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          "word": "uranium nitrate"
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          "word": "uranyl nitrate"
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          "ref": "1992 March 10, “Removal of Nitrates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Nitrates are most commonly used in fertilizers, especially sodium and potassium nitrates. Numerous water wells have had to be abandoned because of the lack of a way to deal with the problem.",
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          "ref": "2003 August 11, Paul Brown, “Nitrate pollution raises water bills”, in The Guardian:",
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          "ref": "2018 March 1, Bee Wilson, “Yes, bacon really is killing us”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "The pinkness of bacon – or cooked ham, or salami – is a sign that it has been treated with chemicals, more specifically with nitrates and nitrites.",
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        [
          "nitric acid",
          "nitric acid"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "nī'trāt",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnaɪ̯ˌtʰɹeɪ̯t]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-nitrate.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪtɹeɪt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nitriram",
      "sense": "To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate",
      "word": "нитрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate",
      "word": "nitrater"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate",
      "word": "nitradu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nitrate"
}

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