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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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Along the shore of the Tethys Ocean, a herd of prosauropod dinosaurs walks across an extensive muddy carbonate plain during low tide.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
But the air in the theater felt carbonated with symbiotic human experience.
—Betty Gilpin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Those interactions produced carbonate minerals, which can preserve chemical signatures of past environments and potentially of biological activity, scientists say.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Along the shore of the Tethys Ocean, a herd of prosauropod dinosaurs walks across an extensive muddy carbonate plain during low tide.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
Not your typical soda maker, the Breville InFizz can also carbonate juice, tea, and cocktails.
—Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
But the air in the theater felt carbonated with symbiotic human experience.
—Betty Gilpin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Carbonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbonate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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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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