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Carbonate

see synonyms of carbonate

Noun

1. carbonate

a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)

Verb

2. carbonate

turn into a carbonate

3. carbonate

treat with carbon dioxide

Example Sentences:
'Carbonated soft drinks'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carbonate

see synonyms of carbonate
noun (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt , -nɪt)
1. 
a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO32–
verb (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt )
2. 
to form or turn into a carbonate
3. (transitive)
to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks

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Carbonate

see synonyms of carbonate
noun
1. 
a salt of carbonic acid containing the divalent, negative radical CO3
2. 
an uncharged ester of this acid
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcarbonˌated or ˈcarbonˌating
3.  Obsolete
to burn to carbon; carbonize
4. 
to charge with carbon dioxide
carbonated drinks
5. 
to form into a carbonate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carbonate

see synonyms of carbonate
tr.v. car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates
1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.
2. To burn to carbon; carbonize.
3. To change into a carbonate.
n. (-nāt′, -nĭt)
The anionic divalent group CO3, derived from carbonic acid, or a compound containing this group.

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