carbonate

(kärbə nit; also, and for v.always, -nāt′)

noun

  1. a salt of carbonic acid containing the divalent, negative radical CO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Origin: Fr: see carbon & -ate

transitive verb carbonated, carbonating

  1. Obsolete to burn to carbon; carbonize
  2. to charge with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks
  3. to form into a carbonate

See carbonate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates
  1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.
  2. To burn to carbon; carbonize.
  3. To change into a carbonate.
noun (-nātˌ, -nĭt)
A salt or an ester of an carbonic acid.

Related Forms:

  • carˌbon·aˈtion noun
  • carˈbon·aˌtor noun

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