transitive verb. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.

transitive verb. To burn to carbon; carbonize.

transitive verb. To change into a carbonate.

noun. The anionic divalent group CO₃, derived from carbonic acid, or a compound containing this group.

To impregnate or saturate with carbonic acid.

noun. In chem., a compound formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base: as, calcium carbonate; copper carbonate.

noun. plural The common name in the Cordilleran mining region of ores consisting in large part of carbonate of lead. and usually containing silver. This is an important class of ores in Colorado and Utah.

noun. Same as carbonado or bort.

noun. A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

noun. any salt or ester of carbonic acid

verb. to charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide

noun. a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)

verb. turn into a carbonate

verb. treat with carbon dioxide

"At a recent meeting of the Geological Society of London that was devoted to thinking about the Anthropocene and its geological record, Toby Tyrrell of the University of Southampton pointed out that pale carbonate sediments-limestones, chalks and the like-cannot be laid down below what is called a "carbonate compensation depth"."

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