[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Chemistry.a salt or ester of nitric acid nitric acid,or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO2or NO3.", "fertilizer consisting of potassium nitrate potassium nitrateor sodium nitrate sodium nitrate.", "nitrocellulose(def) nitrocellulose(def).", "Informal. nitrate film nitrate film."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to treat with nitric acid nitric acidor a nitrate.", "to convert into a nitrate."]}]