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

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How to use carbonate in a sentence

The other four varieties have slightly different makeups, such as dirt that is particularly rich in carbonates or sulfates.
Farming on Mars will be a lot harder than ‘The Martian’ made it seem|Maria Temming|November 18, 2020|Science News
Ice containing sodium chloride, also known as table salt, or sodium carbonate appeared dimmer than pure water ice.
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may glow in the dark|Maria Temming|November 9, 2020|Science News
As the ice melted, it likely seeped into surface fissures and trickled through the pre-Bennu body, dropping carbonates as it went.
Local asteroid Bennu used to be filled with tiny rivers|Charlie Wood|October 8, 2020|Popular-Science
The reaction with carbon dioxide mainly produces magnesium carbonate minerals like magnesite, a stable material that could lock away the greenhouse gas for millennia.
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Sure, you could pour your own G&T into a bottle and hike it up the trail, but by the time you get to the top, you might have a carbonated explosion in your pack.
The Best Canned Cocktails Available Now|AC Shilton|July 17, 2020|Outside Online
A bag of syrup in a box meets carbonated (or non-carbonated water) to produce a drink on demand.
Font of Invention||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They mixed carbonated water with syrups, and fused them together seamlessly in a frothy cold stream – all on demand.
Font of Invention||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But nowadays the Scots swear by “Irn-Bru,” a carbonated orange beverage, to revive them after a big night out.
The Wildest Hangover Cures From Around the World|Nina Strochlic|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The carbonated-water maker made an ad that attacked Coke and Pepsi.
How SodaStream Took on the Super Bowl—and Lost, Then Won|Daniel Gross|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Of course, the company and its agency have been making a carbonated lemonade out of this lemon.
How SodaStream Took on the Super Bowl—and Lost, Then Won|Daniel Gross|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The next day, he and Bill Myers got a bottle of carbonated water and mixed themselves a couple of drinks of it.
Hunter Patrol|Henry Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
The alkalies are soluble in water, even when carbonated; a property which distinguishes them from the alkaline earths.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
In the neighbourhood of Belturbet, near the small lake of Annagh, is a carbonated chalybeate spring.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
The quick-lime may be slaked, and carbonated after reaching its destination, either before or after being applied to the land.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring
It melts in boiling water, and dissolves in alcohol and oil of turpentine, as well as in carbonated or caustic alkaline lyes.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

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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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.