Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chlorate

/klˈɔɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: chlo-rate
IPA: /klˈɔɹeɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt of chloric acid.

Example Sentences

"Chlorates are powerful oxidizing agents."
"The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined."
"The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency."

Etymology

From chloric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

chlorates (plural)

Derived Forms

chloratian perchlorate

Phrases

ammonium chlorate chlorate of potash hydrogen chlorate magnesium chlorate potassium chlorate sodium chlorate

Frequently Paired Words

chloric chloride hypochlorite

Rhymes With

perchlorate

Questions

How do you pronounce chlorate?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɔɹeɪt/.
What does chlorate mean?: Any salt of chloric acid.
Where does chlorate come from?: From chloric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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