Meaning

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  1. (uncountable)Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.

    Soda

More definitions
  • a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

Examples

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  1. Soda ash is used to produce glass, cosmetics, detergent, paper pulp and other industrial goods.

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sodium carbonate:

Origin

So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants,

So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).

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