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to carbonate
01
to add carbon dioxide to something, often to make it fizzy or create a chemical change
Transitive: to carbonate a liquid
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
carbonate
3rd person singular
carbonates
present participle
carbonating
past simple
carbonated
past participle
carbonated
Examples
You can carbonate water by adding carbon dioxide.
02
to convert a substance into a carbonate compound by reacting with carbon dioxide or a carbonate source
Transitive: to carbonate a substance or solution
Examples
In the laboratory, scientists carbonate water by passing carbon dioxide gas through it.
Carbonate
01
a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
carbonates
Lexical Tree
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carbonation
decarbonate
carbonate
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