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soda ash

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
so-da ash
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.

Uncountable

Etymology

So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).

Usage

Synonyms

sodium carbonate washing soda sal soda soda

Questions

What does soda ash mean?
Industrial-grade sodium carbonate.
Where does soda ash come from?
So called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, such as saltwort, especially Soda inermis (syns. Salsola soda, Kali soda).

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