barilla

American  

[buh-ree-uh, -reel-yee, -ril-uh] / bəˈri ə, -ˈril ji, -ˈrɪl ə /

noun

barillas plural

1. either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.

2. the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.

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barilla British  

/ bəˈrɪlə /

noun

1. an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts

2. either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda ) or Halogeton soda , formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate See also saltwort

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• barillas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of barilla

1615–25; < Spanish barrilla, apparently equivalent to bar ( ra ) bar ¹ + -illa diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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barilla barillas

Soda, or barilla, is obtained from the ashes of marine plants, and by the decomposition of common salt; its great depository is the ocean, soda being the basis of salt.

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

She went nearly two feet to our one, the barilla pressing the Sterling down into the water, and making her very dull, more especially in light airs.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore

Wines, brandies, quicksilver, barilla, are exclusive of duty, for example; the others, duty paid, but in some instances duties scarcely more than nominal.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

During the Napoleonic wars the price of barilla rose to such a height that Napoleon offered a reward for the discovery of a process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The principal exports from these Mediterranean towns are wines, dried fruits, oils, anchovies, wool, barilla, soap, kermes, antimony, vermilion, brandy, cork, silk, &c.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

Two maids of honour, bearing decorated barillas of choice wine from the royal cellars, rode on either side of their mistress.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis