Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
sulfate, sulphate
(noun) a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sulphate (plural sulphates)
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfate
sulphate (third-person singular simple present sulphates, present participle sulphating, simple past and past participle sulphated)
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfate
Source: Wiktionary
Sul"phate, n. Etym: [NL. sulphas, sulphatis, fr. L. sulphur, sulfur, brimstone, sulphur: cf. F. sulfate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of sulphuric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.