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

1 sense of carboxylate

Sense 1
carboxylate -- (treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid)
       => 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")