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CARBONATE
carbonate
(noun) a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
carbonate
(verb) treat with carbon dioxide; “Carbonated soft drinks”
carbonate
(verb) turn into a carbonate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
carbonate (plural carbonates)
Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
Hyponyms
• barium carbonate
• bicarbonate
• bismuth carbonate
• cadmium carbonate
• calcium carbonate
• calcium magnesium carbonate
• copper carbonate
• cupric carbonate
• dicarbonate
• fluocarbonate
• hydrocarbonate
• hydrogen carbonate
• hydrogen potassium carbonate
• lead carbonate
• lithium carbonate
• magnesium carbonate
• manganese carbonate
• metacarbonate
• oxycarbonate
• percarbonate
• potassic carbonate
• potassium acid carbonate
• potassium carbonate
• potassium hydrogen carbonate
• silver carbonate
• sodium carbonate
• sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate
• sodium hydrogen carbonate
• sulfocarbonate
• sulphocarbonate
• strontium carbonate
• thorium carbonate
• urano-ammonic carbonate
• uranoso-ammonic carbonate
• uranyl carbonate
• zinc carbonate
Verb
carbonate (third-person singular simple present carbonates, present participle carbonating, simple past and past participle carbonated)
(transitive) To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"bon*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carbonate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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