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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/#m2)

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

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/18/)
- [Chalk and limestone are calcium carbonate too and fizz with acid; chalk cliffs are made from the shells of countless tiny sea creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carbonate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbonate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.