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carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a salt or ester of carbonic acid
carbonate
verb(car-bon-ate)
to convert into a carbonate
carbonate
verb(car-bon-ate)
to combine or infuse with carbon dioxide
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a carbonate of ammonium; specifically : the commercial mixture of the bicarbonate and carbamate used especially in smelling salts
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a compound CaCO3 found in nature as calcite and aragonite and in plant ashes, bones, and shells and used especially in making lime and portland cement and as a gastric antacid
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a carbonate of lead; especially : a poisonous basic salt Pb3(OH)2(CO3)2 used formerly as a white pigment
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a crystalline salt Li2CO3 used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine especially in the treatment of bipolar disorder
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a carbonate of magnesium; especially : a white crystalline salt MgCO3 that occurs naturally as dolomite and magnesite
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a white salt K2CO3 that forms a strongly alkaline solution and is used in making glass and soap
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a sodium salt of carbonic acid used especially in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography: such as
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
a hygroscopic crystalline anhydrous strongly alkaline salt Na2CO3
carbonate
noun(car-bon-ate)
the transparent crystalline hydrate Na2CO3ยท10H2O found in nature as natron

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