BROMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bromate mean? 

• BROMATE (verb)
  The verb BROMATE has 2 senses:

1. react with bromine

2. treat with bromine

  Familiarity information: BROMATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bromate    ... he / she / it bromates   
Past simple: bromated   
Past participle: bromated   
-ing form: bromating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

React with bromine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bromate; brominate

Hypernyms (to "bromate" is one way to...):

react (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

bromine (a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat with bromine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bromate; brominate

Hypernyms (to "bromate" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bromine (a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water)