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Sulphate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUL'PHATE, n. [from sulphur.] A neutral salt formed by sulphuric acid in combination with any base; as sulphate of lime.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a salt or ester of sulphuric acid [syn: sulfate, sulphate]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of sulfate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US sulfate) a salt or ester of sulphuric acid. Etymology: F sulfate f. L sulphur

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sulphate Sul"phate, n. [NL. sulphas, sulphatis, fr. L. sulphur, sulfur, brimstone, sulphur: cf. F. sulfate.] (Chem.) A salt of sulphuric acid.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sulphates) Note: in AM, use 'sulfate' A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid. ...copper sulphate. ...sulphate of potash. N-MASS: oft n N, N of n