Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carbonate

1 sense of carbonate

Sense 1
carbonate -- (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))
       => salt -- (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb carbonate

2 senses of carbonate

Sense 1
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")

Sense 2
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")