car·bon·ate
ˈkär-bə-ˌnāt 
carbonated; carbonating
1
: to convert into a carbonate
2
: to combine or infuse with carbon dioxide
carbonated beverages
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IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
The gas is first captured and turned into a solid carbonate, and then the carbonate is heated to release the carbon dioxide for conversion into a fuel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
In the first cell, a bismuth electrode releases protons that separates CO2 from the carbonates and bicarbonates in the water, while a silver chloride electrode releases chloride ions to balance charge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2023
While both the carbonate and chelated forms of magnesium can boost your magnesium level, note that magnesium carbonate may have a laxative effect.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
Isotopic clumping is temperature-dependent, and the prevalence of this clumping helped the team determine the temperature at which the carbonates crystallized.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023
In 2013, Houston’s EOG Resources, fresh off a massive drilling campaign in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas, was the first to try horizontal drilling and fracking of two-mile-deep Permian carbonate layers.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
The state lies on bedrock made of limestone or other carbonate rock that can be eaten away by acidic groundwater, forming voids that collapse when the rock can no longer support the weight of what’s above it.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 13 July 2023
In some sites, CO₂ chemically reacts with minerals and is eventually immobilized as a solid carbonate.
—Klaus Lackner, The Conversation, 16 May 2023
Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
Soda maker cartridges aka carbonating or CO2 cylinders make 60 liters of sparkling water.
—Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
One carbonating cylinder can create a whopping 60 liters of sparkling deliciousness.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
However, seltzer is artificially carbonated using carbon dioxide and sparkling water is naturally carbonated or lightly artificially carbonated, says SaVanna Shoemaker, MS, RDN, LD.
—Sarah Felbin, womenshealthmag.com, 26 May 2023
He’s currently scrapped his plans to use his degree for a career in economic development and at this point is a cider start-up in the truest sense — his first production batch was 250 gallons and is currently carbonating.
—oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
Most beers are carbonated with carbon dioxide, but Guinness uses a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
—Christine Mattheis, Health, 24 Feb. 2023
Pieces of the Puzzle To determine past seasonal effects on the transition to grasslands, Kukla and his team examined oxygen isotopes left behind in clay and carbonate minerals by rain or snow.
—Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
The mudstone and carbonate sediment around the specimens indicates that the site had been deep underwater.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
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Noun
In the new study, the system autonomously experimented with lithium hexafluorophosphate salt and the solvents ethylene carbonate, ethyl-methyl carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
The gas is first captured and turned into a solid carbonate, and then the carbonate is heated to release the carbon dioxide for conversion into a fuel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2023
In the first cell, a bismuth electrode releases protons that separates CO2 from the carbonates and bicarbonates in the water, while a silver chloride electrode releases chloride ions to balance charge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2023
While both the carbonate and chelated forms of magnesium can boost your magnesium level, note that magnesium carbonate may have a laxative effect.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
Isotopic clumping is temperature-dependent, and the prevalence of this clumping helped the team determine the temperature at which the carbonates crystallized.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023
In 2013, Houston’s EOG Resources, fresh off a massive drilling campaign in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas, was the first to try horizontal drilling and fracking of two-mile-deep Permian carbonate layers.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
The state lies on bedrock made of limestone or other carbonate rock that can be eaten away by acidic groundwater, forming voids that collapse when the rock can no longer support the weight of what’s above it.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 13 July 2023
In some sites, CO₂ chemically reacts with minerals and is eventually immobilized as a solid carbonate.
—Klaus Lackner, The Conversation, 16 May 2023
Verb
On Walmart Pros The machine can carbonate any beverage.
—Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
Soda maker cartridges aka carbonating or CO2 cylinders make 60 liters of sparkling water.
—Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
One carbonating cylinder can create a whopping 60 liters of sparkling deliciousness.
—Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
However, seltzer is artificially carbonated using carbon dioxide and sparkling water is naturally carbonated or lightly artificially carbonated, says SaVanna Shoemaker, MS, RDN, LD.
—Sarah Felbin, womenshealthmag.com, 26 May 2023
He’s currently scrapped his plans to use his degree for a career in economic development and at this point is a cider start-up in the truest sense — his first production batch was 250 gallons and is currently carbonating.
—oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
Most beers are carbonated with carbon dioxide, but Guinness uses a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
—Christine Mattheis, Health, 24 Feb. 2023
Pieces of the Puzzle To determine past seasonal effects on the transition to grasslands, Kukla and his team examined oxygen isotopes left behind in clay and carbonate minerals by rain or snow.
—Theo Nicitopoulos, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
The mudstone and carbonate sediment around the specimens indicates that the site had been deep underwater.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
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Kids Definition
carbonate
1 of 2 noun
car·bon·ate
ˈkär-bə-ˌnāt
-nət
: a compound formed by the reaction of carbonic acid with another substance
carbonate
2 of 2 verb
car·bon·ate
ˈkär-bə-ˌnāt
carbonated; carbonating
1
: to change into a carbonate
2
: to saturate with carbon dioxide
a carbonated beverage
Medical Definition
carbonate
1 of 2 noun
car·bon·ate
ˈkär-bə-ˌnāt, -nət
: a salt or ester of carbonic acid
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