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methanoate

methanoate noun: any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.

Noun

methanoate (plural methanoates)

  1. Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.

Forms of methanoate

pluralmethanoates

Origin of methanoate

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

Questions about methanoate

What does methanoate mean?
Methanoate means any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.
What part of speech is methanoate?
Methanoate is a noun.
What is the plural of methanoate?
The plural of methanoate is methanoates.

Words near methanoate in the dictionary

  1. methanizing
  2. methano-
  3. methanoarchaeal
  4. methanoarchaeon
  5. methanoarchaeons
  6. methanoate
  7. methanoates
  8. methanobacteria
  9. methanobacterium
  10. methanobactin
  11. methanobactins

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