terephthalate

[ter-ef-thal-eyt, -it, tuh-ref-thuh-leyt]

noun Chemistry.

a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.

Origin of terephthalate

First recorded in 1865–70; terephthal(ic acid) + -ate²

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