car·bon·ate

[n. kahr-buh-neyt, -nit; v. kahr-buh-neyt] noun, verb, car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·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
non·car·bo·nate, noun
non·car·bo·nat·ed, adjective
sem·i·car·bon·ate, adjective
un·car·bon·at·ed, adjective
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carbonate
 
—n
1.  a salt or ester of carbonic acid. Carbonate salts contain the divalent ion CO32--
 
—vb
2.  to form or turn into a carbonate
3.  (tr) to treat with carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, as in the manufacture of soft drinks
 
[C18: from French, from carbonecarbon]

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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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

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

  1. 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).

  2. Any other compound containing the group CO3. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.

  3. 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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Example sentences
Rocks that don't contain calcium carbonate won't fizz.
Distilleries are mainly found in regions lacking carbonate rocks and whit soft
  groundwater.
The rest combines with calcium ions dissolved from rocks to form calcium
  carbonate.
The chalk is mostly calcium carbonate from coccoliths, the skeletal remains of
  plankton and algae.
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