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bicarb

1 American  
[bahy-kahrb] / baɪˈkɑrb /

noun

  1. Informal. sodium bicarbonate.


bicarb. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. bicarbonate.

  2. bicarbonate of soda.


bicarb British  
/ ˈbaɪkɑːb /

noun

  1. short for bicarbonate of soda See sodium bicarbonate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bicarb

First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening


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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

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

Sift the flour and bicarb into the bowl and mix with your hands until fully combined.

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

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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