Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nitrate

1 sense of nitrate

Sense 1
nitrate -- (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))
       => compound, chemical compound -- ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nitrate

1 sense of nitrate

Sense 1
nitrate -- (treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol")
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")