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XANTHATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A salt or ester of xanthic acid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("xanthate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "xanthate"):

cellulose xanthate; viscose (a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb xanthate

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