sulphate

/ (ˈsʌlfeɪt) /

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noun

any salt or ester of sulphuric acid, such as sodium sulphate, Na 2 SO 4, sodium hydrogen sulphate, or diethyl sulphate, (C 2 H 5) 2 SO 4

slang amphetamine sulphateOften shortened to: sulph

verb

(tr) to treat with a sulphate or convert into a sulphate

to undergo or cause to undergo the formation of a layer of lead sulphate on the plates of an accumulator

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Derived forms of sulphate

sulphation, noun

Word Origin for sulphate

C18: from New Latin sulfātum; see sulphur

Words nearby sulphate

Sullom Voe, sully, Sully-Prudhomme, sulph-, sulphanilamide, sulphate, sulphate-resisting cement, sulphatise, sulphide, sulphinyl, sulphite

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How to use sulphate in a sentence

Or maybe he would just send round The Sulphate Strangler to do the dirty for him.
Dead Cool: Ian Dury|Simon Doonan|April 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
Sulphate of Magnesia can be obtained at a low cost, and has been used as a manure in some instances with very marked success.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Addition of alcohol caused complete precipitation of potassium sulphate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme