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chlorate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any salt of chloric acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Chlorates are powerful oxidizing agents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any salt of chloric acid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salt

History

Etymology

From chloric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: хлорат (xlorat) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Catalan: clorat — any salt of chloric acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氯酸鹽 /氯酸盐 (lǜsuānyán) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Czech: chlorečnan — any salt of chloric acid
  • Czech: chlorát — any salt of chloric acid
  • Finnish: kloraatti — any salt of chloric acid
  • French: chlorate — any salt of chloric acid
  • German: Chlorat — any salt of chloric acid
  • Hindi: नीरजीती (nīrjītī) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Italian: clorato — any salt of chloric acid
  • Kazakh: хлорат (xlorat) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Kyrgyz: хлорат (hlorat) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Polish: chloran — any salt of chloric acid
  • Portuguese: clorato — any salt of chloric acid
  • Spanish: clorato — any salt of chloric acid
  • Swedish: klorat — any salt of chloric acid
  • Telugu: క్లోరేటు (klōrēṭu) — any salt of chloric acid
  • Turkish: klorat — any salt of chloric acid