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ascorbate

/əsˈkɔː(ɹ)beɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
ascor-bate
IPA
/əsˈkɔː(ɹ)beɪt/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid.

Etymology

From ascorb(ic acid) + -ate.

Inflected Forms

ascorbates (plural)

Derived Forms

isoascorbate

Phrases

ascorbate peroxidase potassium ascorbate

Questions

How do you pronounce ascorbate?
The recorded pronunciation is /əsˈkɔː(ɹ)beɪt/.
What does ascorbate mean?
Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid.
Where does ascorbate come from?
From ascorb(ic acid) + -ate.

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