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nitrates

nitrates is the plural of nitrate.

Meaning of nitrate

Noun

nitrate (plural nitrates)

  1. 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

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Phrases with nitrates

Questions about nitrates

What is nitrates the plural of?
Nitrates is the plural of nitrate.

Words near nitrates in the dictionary

  1. nitratation
  2. nitratations
  3. nitrate
  4. nitrate of soda
  5. nitrated
  6. nitrates
  7. nitratian
  8. nitratine
  9. nitratines
  10. nitrating
  11. nitration

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