I. ˈsiləˌkāt transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: New Latin silica + English -ate
: to combine with silica or silicates : coat or impregnate with silica or silicates
II. “, -lə̇kə̇t, usu -d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin silica + English -ate
1. : a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid ; especially : orthosilicate
2. : any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts that contain silicon and oxygen in the anion, that constitute the largest chemical group of minerals and with quartz make up the greater part of the earth's crust (as in rocks, soils, and clays) and building materials such as cement, concrete, bricks, and glass, and that have crystal structures characterized by fundamental units of SiO 4 tetrahedrons consisting of one silicon atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms either as independent groups (as in nesosilicates) or linked by sharing of one or more oxygen atoms — compare aluminosilicate , cyclosilicate , inosilicate , phyllosilicate , sorosilicate , tectosilicate