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Definition of "iodate" [i•o•date]

  • To combine, impregnate, or treat with iodine. (verb-transitive)
  • A salt of iodic acid. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "iodate" in a sentence
  • "The recipient develops the writing by applying a second chemical, iodate of potassium."
  • "One and a half million potassium iodate tablets were being stored in the Cape Town area in case of a nuclear disaster at"
  • "- Iodising cooking salt with iodure or potassium iodate"
Words like "iodate"
dodecaborate
field-grade
hydriodate
hydrogen iodate
mercuric
potassium iodate
silver iodate
sodium iodate