noun
carbonate
KAH-buh-nayt
noun
1
A salt formed from carbonic acid, such as calcium carbonate.
"Limestone is mostly made of calcium carbonate."
verb
1
To add carbon dioxide to a liquid, making it fizzy.
"The drink is carbonated before it's bottled."
How to Use Carbonate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo make a drink fizzy by adding carbon dioxide, or a type of chemical salt containing carbon and oxygen.
Common pairings
carbonated water
sodium carbonate
Word Forms
carbonated past tense, carbonates plural, carbonates singular
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Etymology
From French carbonate, built from "carbon" plus the chemistry suffix -ate, used for salts of acids.