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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

Example Sentences

Beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla and then pour into the brown, buttery, beery pan and finally whisk in the flour and bicarb.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2017

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

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2015

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

But a teaspoonful of bicarb in half a glass of water is enough to neutralize highly acid stomach contents, with some bicarb left over.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Stuart, John McDouall