Word: sorbates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sor
bates
Definition: Plural of sorbate; a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
Morphemes:
Affix: sorb
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To absorb or adsorb.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sorbeo
Language: la
Decoded: sorbeo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I suck in, drink up.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. or example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: derived from
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).