nitrate
US/ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/
nitrate noun: any salt or ester of nitric acid.
Noun
nitrate (plural nitrates)
- Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
- 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.1992 March 10, “Removal of Nitrates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- The underground water which feeds Britain's springs and rivers and provides a third of its drinking water is becoming seriously polluted with nitrates, causing a threat to wildlife and landing consumers with a big purification bill.2003 August 11, Paul Brown, “Nitrate pollution raises water bills”, in The Guardian
Verb
nitrate (third-person singular simple present nitrates, present participle nitrating, simple past and past participle nitrated)
- To treat, or react, with nitric acid or a nitrate
nitrate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nitrate in Hindi
- any salt or ester of nitric acid
- भूयातती bhūyāttī
nitrate in Tamil
- நைத்திரேற்று, நைட்ரேட்
nitrate in Marathi
- नायट्रेट, नायट्रेटला, नायट्रेट करण्यासाठी
nitrate in Urdu
- نائٹریٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- nitrate in Bengali
- সোরা, যবক্ষার
- nitrate in Telugu
- నైట్రేటు naiṭrēṭu
- nitrate in Malayalam
- നൈട്രേറ്റ്, നൈട്രേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുക, നൈട്രേറ്റിലേക്ക്
- nitrate in Kannada
- ನೈಟ್ರೇಟ್, ನೈಟ್ರೇಟು, ನೈಟ್ರೇಟ್ಗೆ
- nitrate in Punjabi
- ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੇਟ, ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੇਟ ਕਰਨਾ, ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੇਟ ਤੱਕ
- nitrate in Gujarati
- નાઇટ્રેટ, નાઈટ્રેટ, નાઇટ્રેટ કરવા માટે
- nitrate in Odia
- ନାଇଟ୍ରେଟ୍, ନାଇଟ୍ରେଟ
- nitrate in Nepali
- नाइट्रेट, नाइट्रेट गर्न
- nitrate in Malay
- nitrat
Examples of nitrate in a sentence
- Black powder consists of an intimate mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
- Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.
- The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.
Forms of nitrate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nitrates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nitrates |
| present participle | nitrating |
| past participle | nitrated |
| past | nitrated |
Origin of nitrate
Borrowed from French nitrate.
Words formed from nitrate
- alkylnitrate
- aluminium nitrate
- ammonia nitrate
- ammonitrate
- ammonium nitrate
- amyl nitrate
- assimilatory nitrate reductase
- barium nitrate
- beryllium nitrate
- cadmium nitrate
- caesium nitrate
- calcium nitrate
- cellulose nitrate
- ceric ammonium nitrate
- cesium nitrate
- copper nitrate
- denitrate
- dinitrate
- ethyl nitrate
- gallium nitrate
- guanidine nitrate
- hexanitrate
- hydrogen nitrate
- hydroxylammonium nitrate
- lead nitrate
- lithium nitrate
- magnesium nitrate
- mercuric nitrate
- mercurous nitrate
- mononitrate
- nickel nitrate
- nitrate bath
- nitrate of ammonia
- nitrate of amyl
- nitrate of baryta
- nitrate of bismuth
- nitrate of calcium
- nitrate of cobalt
- nitrate of copper
- nitrate of lead
- nitrate of lime
- nitrate of mercury
- nitrate of potash
- nitrate of potassium
- nitrate of silver
- nitrate of soda
- nitrate of sodium
- nitrate of strontia
- nitrate reductase
- nitrate reductase test
- nitrate vulnerable zone
- nitratian
- nitratine
- nitration
- nitratite
- nitratocuprate
- organonitrate
- orthonitrate
- oxalonitrate
- oxynitrate
Phrases with nitrate
Words that rhyme with nitrate
Questions about nitrate
- What does nitrate mean?
- Nitrate means any salt or ester of nitric acid.
- What is nitrate in Hindi?
- Nitrate in Hindi is भूयातती (bhūyāttī). See Nitrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nitrate?
- Nitrate can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nitrate?
- Nitrate is pronounced /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ (US).
- What is the plural of nitrate?
- The plural of nitrate is nitrates.
Words near nitrate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nitrate (page history and authors); nitrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nitrate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నైట్రేటు (Telugu) (page history and authors); nitrate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nitrate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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