Meanings
plural chlorates
- chemistryAny salt of chloric acid.
Chlorates are powerful oxidizing agents.
2 more examples
The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.
2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News
Origin
From chloric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan clorat
- cloratany salt of chloric acid
Chinese Mandarin 氯酸鹽 /氯酸盐
- 氯酸鹽 /氯酸盐 (lǜsuānyán)any salt of chloric acid
Czech chlorečnan, chlorát
- chlorečnanany salt of chloric acid
- chlorátany salt of chloric acid
Finnish kloraatti
- kloraattiany salt of chloric acid
French chlorate
- chlorateany salt of chloric acid
German Chlorat
- Chloratany salt of chloric acid
Hindi नीरजीती
- नीरजीती (nīrjītī)any salt of chloric acid
Italian clorato
- cloratoany salt of chloric acid
Polish chloran
- chloranany salt of chloric acid
Portuguese clorato
- cloratoany salt of chloric acid
Spanish clorato
- cloratoany salt of chloric acid
Swedish klorat
- kloratany salt of chloric acid
Turkish klorat
- kloratany salt of chloric acid
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chlorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chlorate
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