Word: sorbate
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sor
bate
Definition: Any salt or ester of sorbic acid.
Morphemes:
Affix: sorb
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sorbus
Language: la
Decoded: sorbus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: sorb; service tree; Sorbus domestica
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