SULFATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfate mean?
• SULFATE (noun)
The noun SULFATE has 1 sense:
1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Familiarity information: SULFATE used as a noun is very rare.
• SULFATE (verb)
The verb SULFATE has 1 sense:
1. convert into a sulfate
Familiarity information: SULFATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SULFATE (noun)
Meaning:
A salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
sulfate; sulphate
Hypernyms ("sulfate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulfate"):
barium sulfate; barium sulphate; blanc fixe (a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment)
copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate (a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide)
magnesium sulfate (a salt of magnesium)
SLS; sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium lauryl sulphate (a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed)
sodium sulfate; sodium sulphate (a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals)
white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate; zinc vitriol (a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc)
• SULFATE (verb)
Meaning:
Convert into a sulfate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "sulfate" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Sentence frame:
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