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• bicarb
  bicarb

  noun

  sodium bicarbonate.
• bicarb.
  bicarb.

  abbreviation

  bicarbonate.

bicarb

¹ American  

[bahy-kahrb] / baɪˈkɑrb /

noun

1. Informal. sodium bicarbonate.

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bicarb. ² American  

abbreviation

1. bicarbonate.

2. bicarbonate of soda.

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bicarb British  

/ ˈbaɪkɑːb /

noun

1. short for bicarbonate of soda See sodium bicarbonate

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Etymology

Origin of bicarb

First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening

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Example Sentences

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bicarb bicarb.

Tasting the bakes, Lawson said the cookies had "too much cinnamon and bicarb", adding: "It's impossible to know what you are baking if you don't taste it."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Drain, rinse under cold water, then rub the rest of the bicarb all over the skin.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2015

Add chopped dates, vanilla essence, coffee essence and bicarb to boiling water in a separate bowl and leave to soak.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013

We reduced acid rain by restricting industry's sulfur emissions, not by all going out and sprinkling bicarb on sensitive forests and lakes.

From Newsweek ● Apr. 21, 2010

I still continue to take the bicarb of potash, but it has little or no effect.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

Tincture of strophanthus, sodæ bicarb., and spirits of chloroform.

From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair

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