to carbonate
- verb
- /ˈkɑːrbəneɪt/
- Specialized
- To make soda, you need to carbonate the water by adding carbon dioxide.
Examples
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I've got a container here that I built full of beer that instead of using carbon dioxide to carbonate, I've used argon to argonate it.
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So, you know, but you can carbonate in one of these.
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But along the way, I've been collecting parts to fix my hunt and carbonate for years.
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The manufacturer decided to carbonate the new beverage to enhance its taste and texture.
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You can carbonate fruit juices at home by mixing them with a carbon dioxide source.
Compounds
- Specialized
A white material in rocks like chalk and limestone and in shells that people use to make lime and cement
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A white powder used to make glass and ceramics and as medicine for bipolar disorder and some depression
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A white powder people use for cleaning and for making glass and soap
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A white solid chemical used in smelling salts and to make bread and cakes rise
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A white powder that dries hands for sport and reduces stomach acid
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A common chemical salt like baking soda that makes carbon dioxide with acid
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A salt that makes cakes rise in baking powder and calms stomach acid
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A white powder that dissolves in water and is used to make glass, soap, and cleaners
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A white powder used in baking to make dough rise and to stop heartburn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Carbonate as a verb is built from carbon and -ate and originally means 'to make into a carbonate'. This usually happens when a material combines with carbon (often from 'carbon dioxide'), so to carbonate something is to change it into a carbonate.