Definition of nitrate

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • nitrate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • nitrate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • nitrate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of nitrate


  • any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) (noun)
  • treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate (verb)

See definition of nitrate in Merriam Webster