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
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.
American Heritage Science
Other Word Forms of Carbonate
Noun
Singular:
carbonate
Plural:
carbonatesOrigin of Carbonate
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From French carbonate.
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