carbonate

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

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

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.

Nearby words

Origin of carbonate

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

Related forms

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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Examples from the Web for carbonates

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|DAILY BEAST
It carbonates water for you, so you have club soda any time you want.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Nitrates of cerium have been described, as have also phosphates, carbonates and a carbide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various
Some of these bacteria can obtain their carbon from CO2 or carbonates, and their nitrogen from nitrates or ammonium salts.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield Morrey

The same applies to all the alkaline bases and their carbonates.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
We may, for example, differentiate in this way the alkaline bicarbonates from the sesqui-carbonates or the carbonates.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc
The carbonates, especially calcium carbonate, constitute great strata of rocks, and are found in almost every locality.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson

British Dictionary definitions for carbonates

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 carbonates

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).

Medicine definitions for carbonates

carbonate

[ kär′bə-nāt′ ]

n.

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Science definitions for carbonates

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.