carbonated

Variant of carbonate

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
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