carbonate

[ noun kahr-buh-neyt, -nit; verb kahr-buh-neyt ]

/ noun ˈkɑr bəˌneɪt, -nɪt; verb ˈkɑr bəˌneɪt /

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noun

a salt or ester of carbonic acid.

verb (used with object), car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing.

to form into a carbonate.

to charge or impregnate with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks.

to make sprightly; enliven.

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Origin of carbonate

1785–95; carbon(ic acid) + -ate², later taken as -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM carbonate

car·bon·a·tor, nounnon·car·bo·nate, nounnon·car·bo·nat·ed, adjectivesem·i·car·bon·ate, adjective

un·car·bon·at·ed, adjective

Words nearby carbonate

carbonado, carbonara, carbon arc, Carbonari, carbonatation, carbonate, carbonation, carbonatite, carbon bisulphide, carbon black, carbon brush

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How to use carbonate in a sentence

When it comes to permanently storing CO2, there’s growing interest in using certain minerals that react with the gas and lock it up in the form of stable carbonates.
Elon Musk’s $100 Million Carbon Capture Push|Edd Gent|February 1, 2021|Singularity Hub
Calcium carbonate is found in nature as limestone, and is a common additive to consumer products like paper and toothpaste.
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Ultimately those creatures die, their shells sinking to the ocean floor and becoming carbonate rocks themselves.
How the Earth-shaking theory of plate tectonics was born|Carolyn Gramling|January 13, 2021|Science News
Carbon dioxide from the air reacts with the electrolyte, forming carbonates that block one electrode.
New battery chemistry results in first rechargeable zinc-air battery|John Timmer|December 31, 2020|Ars Technica

The new picture of a broadly moist Bennu forerunner fits with studies of meteorites on Earth, where researchers had seen similar carbonate veins.
Local asteroid Bennu used to be filled with tiny rivers|Charlie Wood|October 8, 2020|Popular-Science
Using vinegar to break up the calcium carbonate deposits in your coffee maker?
Coffee's Dirty Little Secret|Michael Meyer|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
When ordinary methods do not suffice, it can usually be cleared by shaking up with a little magnesium carbonate and filtering.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is in this way that lime, which occurs in the soil principally as the insoluble carbonate, is dissolved and absorbed.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
But the part soluble in acids is distinguished by the great abundance of carbonate of lime.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Chalk is a very pure form of carbonate of lime, and where it abounds has been largely employed as an application on the soil.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King

British Dictionary definitions for carbonate

carbonate

noun (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt, -nɪt)

a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO 3 2–

verb (ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt)

to form or turn into a carbonate

(tr) to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks

Word Origin for carbonate

C18: from French, from carbone carbon

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Medical definitions for carbonate

carbonate

[ kär′bə-nāt′ ]

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Scientific definitions for carbonate

carbonate

[ kär′bə-nāt′ ]

Noun

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.

Verb

To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.