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glycolate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
gly-co-late
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid

verb

To react with glycolic acid.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

glycolates (plural) glycolates (present, singular) glycolating (participle, present) glycolated (participle, past) glycolated (past)

Derived Forms

phosphoglycolate

Questions

What does glycolate mean?
Any salt or ester of a glycolic acid
Where does glycolate come from?
From glycolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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