carboxylate
1 of 2noun
car·box·yl·ate kär-ˈbäk-sə-ˌlāt 
-lət
: a salt or ester of a carboxylic acid
carboxylate
2 of 2verb
car·box·yl·ate kär-ˈbäk-sə-ˌlāt
carboxylated; carboxylating
transitive verb
: to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid
carboxylation
(ˌ)kär-ˌbäk-sə-ˈlā-shən
noun 
Example Sentences
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2022 Infrared spectrometry identified the ink as a colorless lead carboxylate. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2019 Over the centuries, those inks would have slowly transformed into invisible lead carboxylate, leaving a seeming blank space on the papyrus. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
Chemists concluded that the blisters are actually metal carboxylate soaps, the result of a chemical reaction between metal ions in the lead and zinc pigments and fatty acids in the binding medium used in the paint. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2022 Infrared spectrometry identified the ink as a colorless lead carboxylate. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2019 Over the centuries, those inks would have slowly transformed into invisible lead carboxylate, leaving a seeming blank space on the papyrus. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2019 Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1884, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1880, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
carboxylate 1 of 2
transitive verb
car·box·yl·ate -ˌlāt
carboxylated; carboxylating
: to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid
carboxylate
2 of 2noun
car·box·yl·ate -ˌlāt, -lət
: a salt or ester of a carboxylic acid