carbonate

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun carbonate has 1 sense

Verb carbonate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

carbonaten. [Cf. F. carbonate.].
     A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carbonate, n. & v.
--n. Chem. a salt of carbonic acid.
--v.tr.
1 impregnate with carbon dioxide; aerate.
2 convert into a carbonate.

Derivative
carbonation n.
Etymology
F carbonat f. mod.L carbonatum (as CARBON)

THESAURUS

carbonate

acetify, acidify, acidulate, aerate, aerify, alkalify, alkalize, atomize, borate, catalyze, chemical, chlorinate, distill, electrolyze, emit, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, ferment, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, homopolymerize, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydroxylate, isomerize, nitrate, oxidize, oxygenate, pepsinate, perfume, peroxidize, phosphatize, polymerize, reduce, reek, send out, smoke, spray, steam, sublimate, sublime, sulfate, sulfatize, sulfonate, vaporize, volatilize, work

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