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benzoate
DEFINITIONS OF:
benzoate
1
n
any salt or ester of benzoic acid
Types:
benzoate of soda
,
sodium benzoate
a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic
Type of:
salt
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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