Definizione monolingua

phosphate

phosphate (third-person singular simple present phosphates, present participle phosphating, simple past and past participle phosphated)

1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

phosphate (plural phosphates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.
2. (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 dont eat lettuce or tomato, then you order me a phosphate, cherry, a dreadful fizzy drink you say you always loved. Its bitter, bubbly, unbearable; but, thirsty for your past, force myself to drink it.

Definizione dizionario phosphate

	fosfato
	any salt or ester of phosphoric acid
	1) Generic term for any compound containing a phosphate group. 2) Any salt or ester of any phosphoric acid, especially a salt of orthophosphoric acid. (Source: MGH / CED)
	Any salt or ester of any phosphoric acid, especially a salt of orthophosphoric acid.

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Altri significati:

To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.