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🧪 Related to lauric acid 🧼 A chemical salt
laurate

laurate

8.7
A salt or ester made from lauric acid and used in soaps and cosmetics
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : laurato
  • In the formulation of cosmetics, laurate serves as an effective emulsifier.

Examples

  • Many skincare products contain laurate for its moisturizing properties.

  • The borax and washing soda will turn the stearic acid and lauric acid of Dove into sodium stearate and sodium laurate, respectively.

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  • The manufacturer highlighted that their soap is made with natural laurate for better skin health.

Surface Forms

laurate singular
laurates plural

Morphology

laurate = lauric (opaque) = laur + ate

The derivation uses a specialized chemical formation (−ate indicating a salt/ester of lauric acid), which is unlikely to be transparent to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Laurate as a noun uses the same parts: laur- 'laurel' and -ate 'a salt', so a laurate is 'a salt or related chemical of lauric acid', the kind of ingredient you often find in cleansing products.