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noun

nitrate

any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with nitrate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Traditional charcuterie relies on a curing salt whose nitrate keeps the ham rosy through months in a cool cellar.

    Cooking

  • Runoff carried nitrate into the estuary, and by August the algae bloom had smothered the eelgrass beds entirely.

    Environment

  • Chilean nitrate fortunes built opera houses in desert towns that emptied once synthetic fertilizer reached the world market.

    History

  • Almost every nitrate salt dissolves in water, which is why the chemistry class uses them to prepare clear stock solutions.

    Science

  • Patients with chest pain slip a nitrate tablet under the tongue, and the widened arteries ease the pressure within minutes.

    Medicine

  • Old reels on cellulose nitrate base can decay into brown powder, so archives store them in cold vaults far from the main building.

    Photography

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