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car·bon·ate

Audio Help [n. kahr-buh-neyt, -nit; v. kahr-buh-neyt] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.

–noun

1.	a salt or ester of carbonic acid.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to form into a carbonate.

3.	to charge or impregnate with carbon dioxide: carbonated drinks.

4.	to make sprightly; enliven.

[Origin: 1785–95; carbon(ic acid) + -ate², later taken as -ate¹

]

—Related forms

car·bon·a·tor, noun

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car·bon·ate Audio Help (kär'bə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates

To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.
To burn to carbon; carbonize.
To change into a carbonate.

n. (-nāt', -nĭt)
A salt or an ester of an carbonic acid.

car'bon·a'tion n., car'bon·a'tor n.

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carbonate

1794, from Fr. carbonate, from Mod.L. carbonatem "a carbonated (substance)," from L. carbo (see carbon). The old name for carbon dioxide was carbonic acid (1791), hence, carbonated "containing carbon dioxide" (1858).

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carbonate
noun
1.	a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
verb
1.	turn into a carbonate
2.	treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"

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carbonate Audio Help (kär'bə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
Noun

A salt or ester of carbonic acid, containing the group CO₃. The reaction of carbonic acid with a metal results in a salt (such as sodium carbonate), and the reaction of carbonic acid with an organic compound results in an ester (such as diethyl carbonate).
Any other compound containing the group CO₃. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.
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.

Verb To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.

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carbonate car·bon·ate (kär'bə-nāt')
n.
A salt or ester of carbonic acid.

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Main Entry: ¹car·bon·ate
Pronunciation: 'kär-b&-"nAt, -n&t
Function: noun
: a salt or ester of carbonic acid

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Main Entry: ²car·bon·ate
Pronunciation: -"nAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
1 : to convert into a carbonate
2 : to impregnate with carbon dioxide —car·bon·ation /"kär-b&-'nA-sh&n/ noun

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Carbonate

Car`bon*a*ta"tion\, n. [From Carbonate.] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. --Knight.

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