phosphate

[ fos-feyt ]

/ ˈfɒs feɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

(loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate.

Agriculture. a fertilizing material containing compounds of phosphorus.

a carbonated drink of water and fruit syrup containing a little phosphoric acid.

Origin of phosphate

First recorded in 1785–95; phosph- + -ate²

OTHER WORDS FROM phosphate

sub·phos·phate, noun

Words nearby phosphate

phosgenite, phosph-, phosphagen, phosphamidon, phosphatase, phosphate, phosphate diabetes, phosphate group, phosphatemia, phosphate rock, phosphatic

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Example sentences from the Web for phosphate

I worked here in the phosphate mine until last year, when they started to paying pensions.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
This, however, is not all; for the decomposition of sugar a phosphate is also indispensable.
Alcoholic Fermentation|Arthur Harden
Phosphate powders are less open to objection, as they are more easy to obtain free from lead and other metallic impurities.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various
The reason why super-phosphate of lime is so much better than phosphate, may be easily explained.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring

Maybe it was only the name of a man, or a grass, or a sort of phosphate.
Old Junk|H. M. Tomlinson

British Dictionary definitions for phosphate

phosphate

/ (ˈfɒsfeɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of any phosphoric acid, esp a salt of orthophosphoric acid

(often plural) any of several chemical fertilizers containing phosphorous compounds

Derived forms of phosphate

phosphatic (fɒsˈfætɪk), adjective

Word Origin for phosphate

C18: from French phosphat; see phosphorus, -ate 1

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Medical definitions for phosphate

phosphate

[ fŏs′fāt′ ]

n.

A salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

adj.

Containing the trivalent radical PO4.

Scientific definitions for phosphate

phosphate

[ fŏs′fāt′ ]

A salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing the group PO4. Phosphates are important in metabolism and are frequently used in fertilizers.

单词	phosphate
释义	phosphate [ fos-feyt ] / ˈfɒs feɪt / noun Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate. Agriculture. a fertilizing material containing compounds of phosphorus. a carbonated drink of water and fruit syrup containing a little phosphoric acid. Origin of phosphate First recorded in 1785–95; phosph- + -ate² OTHER WORDS FROM phosphate sub·phos·phate, noun Words nearby phosphate phosgenite, phosph-, phosphagen, phosphamidon, phosphatase, phosphate, phosphate diabetes, phosphate group, phosphatemia, phosphate rock, phosphatic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for phosphate I worked here in the phosphate mine until last year, when they started to paying pensions. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States\|Work Projects Administration This, however, is not all; for the decomposition of sugar a phosphate is also indispensable. Alcoholic Fermentation\|Arthur Harden Phosphate powders are less open to objection, as they are more easy to obtain free from lead and other metallic impurities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4\|Various The reason why super-phosphate of lime is so much better than phosphate, may be easily explained. The Elements of Agriculture\|George E. Waring Maybe it was only the name of a man, or a grass, or a sort of phosphate. Old Junk\|H. M. Tomlinson British Dictionary definitions for phosphate phosphate / (ˈfɒsfeɪt) / noun any salt or ester of any phosphoric acid, esp a salt of orthophosphoric acid (often plural) any of several chemical fertilizers containing phosphorous compounds Derived forms of phosphate phosphatic (fɒsˈfætɪk), adjective Word Origin for phosphate C18: from French phosphat; see phosphorus, -ate 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for phosphate phosphate [ fŏs′fāt′ ] n. A salt or ester of phosphoric acid. adj. Containing the trivalent radical PO4. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for phosphate phosphate [ fŏs′fāt′ ] A salt or ester of phosphoric acid, containing the group PO4. Phosphates are important in metabolism and are frequently used in fertilizers. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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