Hyphenation of nitrate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nitrate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ni-trate

Definitions of nitrate:

1.	Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
2.	Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate Nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol

Synonyms of nitrate:

noun	compound, chemical compound
verb	process, treat

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