sulfate
/ˈsʌlfeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
verb
To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
American usage; Transitive verb
verb
To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Example Sentences
- "Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type."
- "Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging."
- "The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster."
- "The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns."
- "McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life."
Etymology
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
aurothiosulfate
bisulfate
bisulphate
borosulfate
chlorosulfate
cuprosulfate
cuprosulphate
dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
desulfate
disulfate
disulphate
dodecasulfate
Phrases
aluminic sulfate
aluminic sulphate
aluminium sulfate
aluminium sulphate
aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate
aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate
ammonium laureth sulfate
ammonium sulfate