carboxylate

[ kahr-bok-suh-leyt ]
/ kɑrˈbɒk səˌleɪt /

verb (used with object), car·box·yl·at·ed, car·box·yl·at·ing.

to introduce the carboxyl group into (an organic compound).

noun

a salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

Origin of carboxylate

First recorded in 1925–30; carboxyl + -ate2

Words nearby carboxylate

carboxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobinemia, carboxyl, carboxyl group, carboxylase, carboxylate, carboxylation, carboxylic acid, carboxyltransferase, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxypeptidase

British Dictionary definitions for carboxylate

carboxylate
/ (kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO) x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R 1 COOR², where R 1 and R² are organic groups

Scientific definitions for carboxylate

carboxylate
[ kär-bŏk′sə-lāt′ ]

A salt or ester of an organic acid, containing the radical COO. Soaps, which are usually the sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, are carboxylates.