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noun

a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

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Origin of soda lime

First recorded in 1860–65

OTHER WORDS FROM soda lime

soda-lime, adjective

Words nearby soda lime

soda bread, soda cracker, soda fountain, soda jerk, soda lake, soda lime, soda-lime feldspar, sodalist, sodalite, sodality, sodamide

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How to use soda lime in a sentence

He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
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He speaks while sipping a soda in the restaurant of the Residence Victoria in downtown Kisangani.
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Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
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Derika Moses hefted a case of 2-liter soda bottles while setting up a grocery store display in 2007.
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Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
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For instance, the Limestone Polypody is not happy unless there is a certain amount of lime present in the soil.
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Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
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Crystals of calcium oxalate are insoluble in acetic acid or caustic soda.
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But, before they can be used for this purpose, these leaves are coated with lime made from oyster shells and then folded up.
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British Dictionary definitions for soda lime

soda lime

noun

a solid mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides used to absorb carbon dioxide and to dry gases

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Medical definitions for soda lime

soda lime

A mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide in rebreathing apparatus and in anesthesia circuits.