Meanings
nouncaustic soda (usually uncountable, plural caustic sodas)
plural caustic sodas
- uncountableusuallysodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint, soap and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.
Synonyms: lye
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint, soap and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.
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nouna strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
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Translations
Bulgarian натриева основа
- натриева основа (natrieva osnova)sodium hydroxide
Catalan sosa càustica
- sosa càusticasodium hydroxide
Chinese 燒鹼 /烧碱, 苛性鈉 /苛性钠
- 燒鹼 /烧碱 (shāojiǎn)sodium hydroxide
- 苛性鈉 /苛性钠 (kēxìngnà)sodium hydroxide
Czech louh sodný
- louh sodnýsodium hydroxide
Danish kaustisk soda, ætsnatron
- kaustisk sodasodium hydroxide
- ætsnatronsodium hydroxide
Finnish lipeä, natriumhydroksidi
- lipeäsodium hydroxide
- natriumhydroksidisodium hydroxide
French soude caustique
- soude caustiquesodium hydroxide
German Ätznatron, kaustisches Soda
- Ätznatronsodium hydroxide
- kaustisches Sodasodium hydroxide
Greek καυστική σόδα
- καυστική σόδα (kafstikí sóda)sodium hydroxide
Hungarian marólúg, marószóda
- marólúgsodium hydroxide
- marószódasodium hydroxide
Japanese 苛性ソーダ
- 苛性ソーダ (kasei sōda)sodium hydroxide
Korean 가성소다
- 가성소다 (gaseongsoda)sodium hydroxide
Norwegian Bokmål kaustisk soda, natriumhydroksid
- kaustisk sodasodium hydroxide
- natriumhydroksidsodium hydroxide
- natronlutsodium hydroxide
Persian سود سوزآور
- سود سوزآور (sud-e suz-âvar)sodium hydroxide
Polish soda żrąca, soda kaustyczna
- soda żrącasodium hydroxide
- soda kaustycznasodium hydroxide
Portuguese soda cáustica
- soda cáusticasodium hydroxide
Romanian sodă caustică, hidroxid de sodiu
- sodă causticăsodium hydroxide
- hidroxid de sodiusodium hydroxide
Russian каусти́ческая со́да
- каусти́ческая со́да (kaustíčeskaja sóda)sodium hydroxide
Slovak žieravý lúh
- žieravý lúhsodium hydroxide
Spanish soda cáustica, sosa cáustica
- soda cáusticasodium hydroxide
- sosa cáusticasodium hydroxide
Thai โซดาไฟ, โซดาแผดเผา
- โซดาไฟ (soo-daa-fai)sodium hydroxide
- โซดาแผดเผาsodium hydroxide
- คอสติกโซดาsodium hydroxide
Ukrainian каусти́чна со́да, кавсти́чна со́да
- каусти́чна со́да (kaustýčna sóda)sodium hydroxide
- кавсти́чна со́да (kavstýčna sóda)sodium hydroxide
Cite this entry
APA
caustic soda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caustic%20soda
MLA
“caustic soda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caustic%20soda. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caustic soda,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caustic%20soda.
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