carbonate

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

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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.

Origin of carbonate

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

Related formscar·bon·a·tor, nounnon·car·bo·nate, nounnon·car·bo·nat·ed, adjectivesem·i·car·bon·ate, adjectiveun·car·bon·at·ed, adjective

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Related Words for carbonated

effervescent, carbonated, bubbly, airy, bouncy, frothy, sudsy, lathery, sparkling, bubbling, fizzy, gassy, spumante, ebullient, effusive, exuberant, yeasty, barmy, boiling

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Contemporary Examples of carbonated

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Historical Examples of carbonated

Swinging loosely in the other hand was a carbonated water siphon.
Good References
E. J. Rath
Sixty francs for a quart of carbonated bilge and a racket like nothing on earth.
Command
William McFee
Just before serving, add the carbonated water, which lends a sparkling appearance and a snappy taste to a beverage of this kind.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Cracked ice, strong coffee, and carbonated water in small quantities are valuable in allaying thirst and nausea.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
The commercial annotta is dissolved in an alkaline solution, either caustic or carbonated, and then precipitated by an acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for carbonated

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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Word Origin and History for carbonated

adj.

"containing carbon dioxide," 1858, past participle adjective from carbonate (v.).

carbonate

1805, "to form into a carbonate," from carbonate (n.) by influence of French carbonater "transform into a carbonate." Meaning "to impregnate with carbonic acid gas (i.e. carbon dioxide)" is from 1850s. Related: Carbonated; carbonating.

carbonate

1794, from French carbonate "salt of carbonic acid" (Lavoisier), from Modern Latin carbonatem "a carbonated (substance)," from Latin carbo (see carbon).

carbonated in Medicine

carbonate

[kär′bə-nāt′]

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

carbonated in Science

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.