superphosphate
[ soo-per-fos-feyt ]
/ ˌsu pərˈfɒs feɪt /
noun Chemistry.
Also called acid phosphate.
a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
Also called triple superphosphate.
a mixture prepared with phosphoric acid and containing about 45 percent of soluble phosphates, used as a fertilizer.
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British Dictionary definitions for superphosphate
superphosphate
/ (ˌsuːpəˈfɒsfeɪt) /
noun
a mixture of the diacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid Ca(H 2 PO 4) 2 with calcium sulphate and small quantities of other phosphates: used as a fertilizer
a salt of phosphoric acid formed by incompletely replacing its acidic hydrogen atoms; acid phosphate; hydrogen phosphate