Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Carbonate has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
"The geologist collected samples of calcium carbonate to analyze its purity for cement production."
Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
"The limestone cave walls are primarily composed of calcium carbonate, which is a stable salt formed from carbonic acid reacting with limestone minerals over centuries."
turn into a carbonate
"The acidic rain reacts with the limestone statue, slowly causing it to dissolve and turn into a soluble carbonate that washes away in the runoff."
To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.
"The bartender carefully shook the bottle to carbonate the soda before serving it."