ETHANOATE

acetate, ethanoate

(noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ethanoate (countable and uncountable, plural ethanoates)

(organic compound) The acetate anion [C2H3O2], a carboxylate and the conjugate base of ethanoic acid (acetic acid).

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Word of the Day

4 January 2025

RESURGE

(verb) rise again; “His need for a meal resurged”; “The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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