| NOUN | substance | carbonate | a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | stative | carbonate | turn into a carbonate |
| change | carbonate | treat with carbon dioxide |
| Sounds | kaa'rbahney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | A salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3). | |
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| Narrower | ammonium carbonate | A carbonate of ammonium |
| bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate | A salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced | |
| calcium carbonate | A salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone | |
| lithium carbonate, Lithane, Lithonate, Eskalith | A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug | |
| magnesium carbonate | A very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite | |
| potassium carbonate | A white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution | |
| Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
| Spanish | carbonato | |
| Catalan | carbonat | |
| Verbs | carbonate | treat with carbon dioxide |
| carbonate | turn into a carbonate | |
| Meaning | Turn into a carbonate. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | carbonatarse | |
| Nouns | carbon | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms |
| carbonate | a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | |
| carbonic acid | a weak acid known only in solution | |
| Meaning | treat with carbon dioxide. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Carbonated soft drinks" | |
| Broader | process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
| Spanish | carbonatar | |
| Catalan | carbonatar | |
| Nouns | carbon dioxide | a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances |
| carbonate | a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | |
| carbonation | saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water) | |
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