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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