baking soda

noun

1. sodium bicarbonate.

baking soda

1. See sodium bicarbonate

Word History and Origins

Origin of baking soda¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

More runners in the middle distances are using a supplement whose main ingredient is sodium bicarbonate—household baking soda.

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Homegrown hacks - tea bags in shoes, sprinkling baking soda, spraying deodorant - weren't cutting it.

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Chemical leaveners, like baking powder and baking soda, however, can actually help the process there.

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In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking soda and salt.

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At the Will Rogers State Beach site, workers submerged the recovered batteries in a brine solution made of table salt and baking soda.

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