Definitions

1. noun

a salt or ester of citric acid, used especially in medicine and in the food industry to preserve and stabilize food products

“The food manufacturer used citrate as a preservative in their fruit juice.”

2. verb

to convert into a salt or ester of citric acid, especially in the process of converting carbohydrates into citrate in the liver

“Citrate is produced through the citric acid cycle in the liver.”