antimonate

[ an-tuh-muh-neyt ]

/ ˈæn tə məˌneɪt /

noun Chemistry.

a salt containing pentavalent antimony and oxygen, as potassium antimonate, KSb(OH)6.

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Words nearby antimonate

antimilitant, antimissile, antimissile missile, antimitotic, antimonarchist, antimonate, antimonial, antimonic, antimonic acid, antimonide, antimonous

Also an·ti·mo·ni·ate

[an-tuh-moh-nee-eyt, -it] /ˌæn təˈmoʊ niˌeɪt, -ɪt/.

Origin of antimonate

First recorded in 1850–55; antimon(y) + -ate²