nitrate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- calcium nitrate hyponym
- cellulose nitrate hyponym
- sodium nitrate hyponym
- potassium nitrate hyponym
- Nitrospan hyponym
- ammonium nitrate hyponym
- silver nitrate hyponym
- uranyl nitrate hyponym
Parts & wholes
- nitro group substance meronym
Related & opposite
- nitrate derivation
- nitrify derivation
- nitrogenize derivation
- nitrify derivation
Sense 2 verb
treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol
Types & categories
- process hypernym
Related & opposite
- nitric acid derivation
- nitrate derivation
- chemistry domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitrify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitrogenize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitrify |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | nitro group |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cellulose nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potassium nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nitrospan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ammonium nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silver nitrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uranyl nitrate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitric acid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nitrate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | process |