sulfate
Meanings
Plural: sulfates
Noun
- a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
- Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
Verb
- convert into a sulfate
- To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
- To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Origin / Etymology
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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