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nitrate

/ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ noun C2
  1. Any salt or ester of nitric acid.

Plural nitrates

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This gentleman married some five years ago a Peruvian lady, the daughter of a Peruvian merchant, whom he had met in connection with the importation of nitrates.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 52 · B2

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