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Phosphate
PHOS'PHATE
,Noun.
1.
A salt formed by a combination of phosphoric acid with a base of earth, alkali or metal.2.
A mineral found in Estremadura, &c.Definition 2024
Phosphate
phosphate
phosphate
English
Noun
phosphate (plural phosphates)
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
- (US, regional, dated) A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.
- 2002, Michael Raleigh, In the castle of the Flynns, page 180:
- “This man here,” she said, “can make you a cherry Coke or a chocolate Coke or a phosphate — a chocolate phosphate or. “Vanilla phosphate,” the man helped, “cherry phosphate, orange phosphate, lime phosphate, lemon phosphate,
- 2008, Kathryn Kysar, Riding shotgun: women write about their mothers, page 106:
- You order California burgers for us both, even though I don't eat lettuce or tomato, then you order me a phosphate, cherry, a dreadful fizzy drink you say you always loved. It's bitter, bubbly, unbearable; but, thirsty for your past, force myself to drink it.
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Translations
any salt or ester of phosphoric acid
Verb
phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)
- To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid