carbonate

car·bon·ate  (kärb-nt)

tr.v. car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates

1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.

2. To burn to carbon; carbonize.

3. To change into a carbonate.

n. (-nt, -nt)

A salt or an ester of an carbonic acid.

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carbon·ation n.

carbon·ator n.

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carbonate

Noun

a salt or ester of carbonic acid

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carbonate  (kärb-nt)

Noun

1. A salt or ester of carbonic acid, containing the group CO₃. The reaction of carbonic acid with a metal results in a salt (such as sodium carbonate), and the reaction of carbonic acid with an organic compound results in an ester (such as diethyl carbonate).

2. Any other compound containing the group CO₃. Carbonates include minerals such as calcite and aragonite.

3. Sediment or a sedimentary rock formed by the precipitation of organic or inorganic carbon from an aqueous solution of carbonates of calcium, magnesium, or iron. Limestone is a carbonate rock.

Verb

To add carbon dioxide to a substance, such as a beverage.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carbonate - a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) ammonium carbonate - a carbonate of ammonium; used in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder and ammonium compounds bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate - a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate potassium carbonate - a white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents calcium carbonate - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone Eskalith, Lithane, lithium carbonate, Lithonate - a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder magnesium carbonate - a very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Verb	1.	carbonate - turn into a carbonate change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	2.	carbonate - treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks" process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"