brominate

[ broh-muh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

, Chemistry.

, bro·min·at·ed, bro·min·at·ing.

1. to treat or combine with bromine; bromate.

brominate

/ ˈbrəʊmɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. to treat or react with bromine Alsobromate

Derived Forms

• ˌbrominˈation, noun

Other Words From

• bromi·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brominate¹

First recorded in 1870–75; bromine + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The historic legislation bans the “manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale” of food products that contain four additives: brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye 3.

From Salon

Several metabolites, including brominated alkaloids and furanoterpenoids, captured from seawater were present in three sponge species that the researchers had examined in detail.

From Science Daily

But to all the Dew haters out there, I ask: Did you happen to see the FDA’s recent warning about brominated vegetable oil, or BVO?

From Salon

Three of the substances in California’s law were approved by this standard review: potassium bromate, Red Dye No. 3 and brominated vegetable oil.

From Los Angeles Times

Even so, the FDA has, over the past decades, already limited the use of a couple of these items: brominated vegetable oil and red dye No. 3.

From Salon