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sal soda

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noun

sodium carbonate(def 2).

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RELATED WORDS

soda

Nearby words

  1. sakura,
  2. sakyamuni,
  3. saké,
  4. sal,
  5. sal ammoniac,
  6. sal volatile,
  7. sala,
  8. salaam,
  9. salaam convulsion,
  10. salable

Origin of sal soda

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Examples from the Web for sal soda

  • Neither did I put any sal-soda, or other acid or alkali, into my bread.

    Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David Thoreau

  • It should be thoroughly scrubbed with borax or sal-soda and water, and well aired, at least once a week.

    Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

  • Four pounds sal-soda, one pound chloride of lime, one gallon water.

    Cloud City Cook-Book|Mrs. William H. Nash

  • Tinware which has become blackened may be made to look bright and shining again by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in sal-soda.

    Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for sal soda

sal soda

noun

the crystalline decahydrate of sodium carbonate
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