noun
- a salt or ester of nitric acid, containing the NO3- ion
- a fertilizer containing nitrates
Usage: chemistry
verb
- to treat or combine with nitric acid or a nitrate
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Sodium nitrate is commonly used in fertilizers.
- The farmer applied nitrates to improve crop growth.
- Potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder production.
- High nitrate levels in water can be harmful to infants.
- The soil was rich in natural nitrates.
- Scientists nitrated the compound in the laboratory.
- Nitrates help plants absorb nitrogen from the soil.