Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soda \So"da\, n. [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.]
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(Chem.)
Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called baking soda
same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of soda.
same as soda water.
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a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
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.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\, a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and technically, acid sodium carbonate, sodium acid carbonate, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate, etc.
Wiktionary
n. Common name for sodium bicarbonate.
WordNet
n. a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid [syn: bicarbonate of soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, saleratus]
Usage examples of "baking soda".
Probably something similar to what we have with Christie Penzey for the baking soda and baking powder.
All he had to do was ensure the baking soda was prepared according to the formula, and that sufficient quantity was being made.
Whatever the truth of the matter, Hammer once painted an arm-and-hammer emblem on his yacht, giving rise to persistent speculation that he either was (a) the owner of Church & Dwight, makers of A&H baking soda, or (b) a Commie.
I sprayed my pan with their aerosol cooking oil and I mixed the oats and the flour and the cinnamon and the baking powder and the baking soda and the salt, and then I peeked at Eva.
There was nothing to eat in the kitchen except peanut butter, graham crackers, and baking soda.
I put a teaspoon full of baking soda in a glass of water and drank it down.
Now, unless you need us to help you, I'm going to give Sunny and myself a baking soda bath to help our hives.
Then he passed the dough on to the group of men on his right, who would cut off small chunks, roll it out, twist it, and drop it into the pots of boiling water and baking soda.
Smith Brothers' Cough Drops, Calumet Baking Soda and Ivory Soap, have become American institutions by virtue of their long reign in the market place.
She was an ordinary girl, a mild pain in the neck, but beautiful, one who mixed roadside hamburgers and malts and peanuts, and had to be dosed with baking soda.