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# carbonate

noun (carbonate, carbonates); verb (carbonate, carbonates, carbonated, carbonating)

«carbonate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (science) A chemical compound containing carbon and oxygen, like calcium carbonate in chalk and limestone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#m1)
2. To add carbon dioxide gas to a drink to make it fizzy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, carbonates fizz when acids like vinegar are added, giving off carbon dioxide; chalk, limestone and eggshells are calcium carbonate. In everyday life, carbonated drinks are fizzy drinks.

### Examples

- Chalk is made of calcium carbonate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x1)
- Vinegar makes the carbonate fizz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x2)
- Carbonated water has bubbles in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x3)
- The factory carbonates the lemonade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x4)
- Limestone is a carbonate rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x5)
- Bicarbonate of soda is used in baking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#x6)

### Note

«Carbonated» means fizzy. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. Say «CAR-bo-nate».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carbonate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carbonate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carbonate.html) on Mova free.