ni·trate /ˈnaɪˌtret, trət/
  硝酸鹽;硝酸鉀;硝酸鈉
  ni·trate /ˈnaɪˌtret, trət/ 名詞
  硝化,硝酸鹽,硝酸酯,硝酸根
  Ni·trate n.  Chem. A salt of nitric acid.
  Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic, and more commonly called silver nitrate.
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  nitrate
       n : any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or
           ester of nitric acid)
       v : treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound
           into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating
           glycerol"