Carbamate


a salt or ester of carbamic acid.
noun
a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–

carbamate car·ba·mate (kär’bə-māt’, kär-bām’āt’)
n.
A salt or ester of carbamic acid.
carbamate
(kär’bə-māt’, kär-bām’āt’)
A salt or ester containing the radical NH2COO. Carbamates are often used as insecticides.

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