Noun carbonate has 1 sense
  1. carbonate - a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
    --1 is a kind of
    salt
    --1 has particulars:
     ammonium carbonate; bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate; potassium carbonate; calcium carbonate; lithium carbonate, Lithane, Lithonate, Eskalith
    Derived forms: verb carbonate2, verb carbonate1
,Verb carbonate has 2 senses
  1. carbonate - treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"
    --1 is one way to
    process, treat
    Derived forms: noun carbon dioxide1, noun carbonation1, noun carbonate1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. carbonate - turn into a carbonate
    --2 is one way to
    change
    Derived forms: noun carbonic acid1, noun carbon1, noun carbonate1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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