phosphate

/หˆfษ’sfeษชt/

IPA: /F AA1 S F EY0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

  2. 2

    A carbonated soft drink sweetened with fruit syrup and with some phosphoric acid.

verb
  1. 1

    To treat or coat with a phosphate or with phosphoric acid

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