| carbonate | | |
| n. (substance) | 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). |
| v. (stative) | 2. 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" |
| v. (change) | 3. 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" |
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