bicarb
noun
bicarb
1 American
[bahy-kahrb]
/ baɪˈkɑrb /
noun
bicarb.
2
American
abbreviation
-
bicarbonate.
-
bicarbonate of soda.
bicarb
British
/ ˈbaɪkɑːb /
noun
Etymology
Origin of bicarb
First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening
Example Sentences
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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
The doctors decided to taper him off, gave him successively smaller doses until at last the bicarb was completely withdrawn.
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 John McDouall Stuart
Tincture of strophanthus, sodæ bicarb., and spirits of chloroform.
From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair
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