Chem. [f. ALLYL + -ATE4.] A salt of allyl, as sodium allylate C3H5ONa.
1863. Watts, Dict. Chem. (1879), I. 141. A gelatinous mass of allylate of potassium.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 389. Sodium dissolves in allyl alcohol, forming sodium allylate, one atom of typical hydrogen in the alcohol being replaced by sodium.