SODAS

Noun

sodas

plural of soda

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


SODA

So"da, n. Etym: [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.

– Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] -- Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.

– Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.

– Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.

– Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.

– Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.

– Soda niter. See Nitratine.

– Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.

– Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also alkali waste.

– Soda water, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

– Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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