carbonate

«carbonate» in Mova's school dictionary: A chemical compound containing carbon and oxygen, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) A chemical compound containing carbon and oxygen, like calcium carbonate in chalk and limestone. tree →

2) To add carbon dioxide gas to a drink to make it fizzy. tree →

sense 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 →
• Vinegar makes the carbonate fizz. tree →
• Carbonated water has bubbles in it. tree →
• The factory carbonates the lemonade. tree →
• Limestone is a carbonate rock. tree →
• Bicarbonate of soda is used in baking. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Eggshell is calcium carbonate; in vinegar it fizzes away over days and leaves a rubbery egg held by its thin skin.
• Chalk and limestone are calcium carbonate too and fizz with acid; chalk cliffs are made from the shells of countless tiny sea creatures.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carbonate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.