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Phosphate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

n. A fertilizer containing phosphorus compounds.

n. A soda fountain drink made by blending carbonated water with flavored syrup.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

n. A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

v. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A salt of phosphoric acid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A salt of phosphoric acid.

n. A name given to various mineral deposits which consist largely of calcium or iron and alumina phosphates, and are used in the manufacture of commercial fertilizers.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a salt of phosphoric acid

n. carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

Word Usage

"_ "soluble" phosphate_, and such a superphosphate as the above would be described as containing 27.2 per cent of "soluble" phosphate."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

soft drink

Cross Reference

tricalcium phosphate reverted phosphate monocalcium phosphate redonda phosphate phosphate rock

Form

inorganic phosphate high energy phosphate disodium phosphate ferric phosphate cadmium phosphate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

carbonate oxide silicates bicarbonate oxalate