carbonate
a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
to form into a carbonate.
to charge or impregnate with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks.
to make sprightly; enliven.
Origin of carbonate
1Other words from carbonate
- car·bon·a·tor, noun
- non·car·bo·nate, noun
- non·car·bo·nat·ed, adjective
- sem·i·car·bon·ate, adjective
- un·car·bon·at·ed, adjective
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How to use carbonate in a sentence
So it carbonates all of these, I'd say latent desires, to have more meaning in his life.
'About a Boy' Star David Walton Is No Hugh Grant, in the Best Way | Kevin Fallon | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt carbonates water for you, so you have club soda any time you want.
The carbonates are occasionally partially hydrolyzed to basic carbonates.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThe result will be an insoluble portion consisting of carbonates of lead and baryta, and of metallic silver.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythMineral matters are inorganic, being chlorides, carbonates or phosphates of calcium, sodium and potassium.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
Silver and carbonates were later found in the vicinity of Breckenridge.
Carbonates of lime, of magnesia, and a trace of carbonate of iron.
British Dictionary definitions for carbonate
a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO 3 2–
to form or turn into a carbonate
(tr) to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks
Origin of carbonate
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Scientific definitions for carbonate
[ kär′bə-nāt′ ]
A salt or ester of carbonic acid, containing the group CO3. The reaction of carbonic acid with a metal results in a salt (such as sodium carbonate), and the reaction of carbonic acid with an organic compound results in an ester (such as diethyl carbonate).
Any other compound containing the group CO3. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.
Sediment or a sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of organic or inorganic carbon from an aqueous solution of carbonates of calcium, magnesium, or iron. Limestone is a carbonate rock.
To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.
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