| NOUN | substance | sulphate, sulfate | a salt or ester of sulphuric acid |
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| Sounds | sah'lfey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | A salt or ester of sulphuric acid. | |
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| Synonym | sulfate | |
| Narrower | barium sulphate, barium sulfate, blanc fixe | A white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment |
| copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate | A copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide | |
| magnesium sulfate | A salt of magnesium | |
| sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl sulfate, SLS | A caustic detergent useful for removing grease | |
| sodium sulphate, sodium sulfate | A solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals | |
| zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol | A colorless water-soluble powder | |
| Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
| Spanish | sulfate, sulfato, sulfatos | |
| Catalan | sulfat | |
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