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Sulfate

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

n. A chemical compound containing the bivalent group SO4.

v. To treat or react with sulfuric acid or a sulfate.

v. Electricity To cause lead sulfate to accumulate on (the plates of a lead-acid storage battery).

verb-intransitive. To become sulfated.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any ester of sulfuric acid.

n. Any salt of sulfuric acid.

v. To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.

v. To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

An amended spelling of sulphate.

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

v. convert into a sulfate

n. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid

Word Usage

"Schopf and another researcher, Jack Farmer of Arizona State University, announced the results of a recent study in which they found that a type of mineral deposit called sulfate can harbor fossils of ancient organisms."

Verb Form

sulfated sulfates sulfating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

convert

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

sulphate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sulphate ammonium phosphate nitrite acetate