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car⋅bon⋅ate

  [n. kahr-buh-neyt, -nit; v. kahr-buh-neyt] noun, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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–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) + -ate 2 , later taken as -ate 1

Related forms:
car⋅bon⋅a⋅tor, noun
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car·bon·ate   (kär'bə-nāt')   
tr.v.   car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates

  1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.

  2. To burn to carbon; carbonize.

  3. 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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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

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

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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Medical Dictionary

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

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Science Dictionary
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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