carbonate

Noun
  1. A salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) (synset 114822620)
    is a type of: salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
    subtypes:
    • 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
Verb
  1. Turn into a carbonate (synset 202633302)
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  2. Treat with carbon dioxide (synset 200186885)
    "Carbonated soft drinks"
    is a type of: process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

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