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glycolate

glycolate noun: any salt or ester of a glycolic acid.

Noun

glycolate (plural glycolates)

  1. Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid

Verb

glycolate (third-person singular simple present glycolates, present participle glycolating, simple past and past participle glycolated)

  1. To react with glycolic acid.

Forms of glycolate

Noun
pluralglycolates
Verb
third-person singular presentglycolates
present participleglycolating
past participleglycolated
pastglycolated

Origin of glycolate

From glycolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From glycolic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from glycolate

Questions about glycolate

What does glycolate mean?
Glycolate means any salt or ester of a glycolic acid.
What part of speech is glycolate?
Glycolate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of glycolate?
The plural of glycolate is glycolates.

Words near glycolate in the dictionary

  1. glycol nucleic acid
  2. glycol nucleic acids
  3. glycolaldehyde
  4. glycolaldehydes
  5. glycolamide
  6. glycolate
  7. glycolated
  8. glycolates
  9. glycolating
  10. glycolether
  11. glycolic

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