carbonation

[kahr-buh-ney-shuhn] Origin

car·bon·a·tion

[kahr-buh-ney-shuhn]
noun
1.
saturation with carbon dioxide, as in making soda water.
2.
reaction with carbon dioxide to remove lime, as in sugar refining.

Origin:
1650–60; carbonate + -ion
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Carbonation is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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carbonation (ˌkɑːbəˈneɪʃən)
 
n
1.  absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
2.  See carbonize another word for carbonization

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carbonation
1881, from carbonic acid, an old name for carbon dioxide.
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