Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

    Phosphat

    фосфа́тfosfát

    фосфатfosfat

    a salt of phosphoric acid

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry).

  4. (US, countable, dated, regional, uncountable)A carbonated soft drink containing phosphoric acid, often flavored with a fruit-based syrup.

    carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

Examples

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  1. Algeria wants to increase its phosphate production.

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  2. Alveolar bone has a high mineral content, mainly calcium and phosphate.

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  3. Tomatoes like a little phosphate.

    deEin bisschen Phosphat tut Tomaten gut.

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  4. Algeria has oil, gas, iron, gold, zinc, phosphates and much more.

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  5. Western Sahara has rich phosphate deposits.

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Translations

8 languages
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any salt or ester of phosphoric acid:
Русский
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any salt or ester of phosphoric acid:
Deutsch
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any salt or ester of phosphoric acid:

Origin

From French phosphate. By surface analysis, phosphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From French phosphate. By surface analysis, phosphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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