Carbonate Definition

kärbə-nāt
carbonated, carbonates, carbonating
verb
To burn to carbon; carbonize.
Webster's New World
To charge with carbon dioxide.
Carbonated drinks.
Webster's New World
To form into a carbonate.
Webster's New World
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noun
A salt of carbonic acid containing the divalent, negative radical CO3
Webster's New World
An uncharged ester of this acid.
Webster's New World
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.
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Other Word Forms of Carbonate

Noun

Singular:
carbonate
Plural:
carbonates

Origin of Carbonate

  • From French carbonate.

    From Wiktionary

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