HyperDic: permanganate

English > 1 sense of the word permanganate:
NOUNsubstancepermanganatea dark purple salt of permanganic acid
English > permanganate: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
Narrowerpotassium permanganate, permanganate of potashA poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water
BroadersaltA compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Spanishpermanganato
Catalanpermanganat

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