nitrates

Meaning of nitrates

plural noun
  1. a salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the anion NO3− or the group —NO3.
    preserved meat and vegetables contain nitrates
    fish-fry populations are damaged by nitrate
verb, 3rd person present
  1. treat (a substance) with nitric acid, especially so as to introduce nitro groups.
    nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    a powerful nitrating agent

late 18th century: from French(see nitre, -ate1).

Information about nitrates

  • The singular form of nitrates is: nitrate.
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Hyphenation of nitrates

ni-trates

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • nitrates is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of nitrates

intreats, straiten, tartines, tertians, Transite

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