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Carbonate

//ˈkɑɹbəneɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

    "A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023."

  2. 2
    a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide. transitive
  2. 2
    treat with carbon dioxide wordnet
  3. 3
    turn into a carbonate wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French carbonate, equivalent of carbon + -ate (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ic”).

Etymology 2

From carbon + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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