Ni'trate, n.

noun

(45), n. [Fr. nitrate, It. nitrato, N. Lat. nitratum, and nitras, nitratis, from Lat. nitrum. See NITER.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of nitric acid with a base.

Nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. See under LUNAR.—Nitrate of soda. See under NITER.