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carbonates

carbonates is the plural of carbonate.

carbonates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carbonate.

Meaning of carbonate

Noun

carbonate (plural carbonates)

  1. Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
    • A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN

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Phrases with carbonates

Questions about carbonates

What is carbonates the plural of?
Carbonates is the plural of carbonate.

Words near carbonates in the dictionary

  1. carbonate-orthopyroxenites
  2. carbonateclastic
  3. carbonated
  4. carbonated water
  5. carbonated waters
  6. carbonates
  7. carbonatian
  8. carbonatic
  9. carbonaticlastic
  10. carbonating
  11. carbonation

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