Meanings
nounsoda ash (uncountable)
- uncountableIndustrial-grade sodium carbonate.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek νίτρον
- νίτρον (nítron)sodium carbonate
Catalan sosa
- sosasodium carbonate
Chinese Mandarin 碱面
- 碱面 (jiǎnmiàn)sodium carbonate
Dutch natriumcarbonaat, soda
- natriumcarbonaatsodium carbonate
- sodasodium carbonate
Finnish sooda
- soodasodium carbonate
French carbonate de sodium
- carbonate de sodiumsodium carbonate
German Soda
- Sodasodium carbonate
Greek τέφρα σόδας
- τέφρα σόδας (téfra sódas)sodium carbonate
Japanese ソーダ灰
- ソーダ灰 (sōda-hai)sodium carbonate
Latin nitrum
- nitrumsodium carbonate
Polish soda, węglan sodu
- sodasodium carbonate
- węglan sodusodium carbonate
Romanian sodă calcinată, carbonat de sodiu anhidru
- sodă calcinatăsodium carbonate
- carbonat de sodiu anhidrusodium carbonate
Swedish kristallsoda
- kristallsodasodium carbonate
Cite this entry
APA
soda ash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soda%20ash
MLA
“soda ash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soda%20ash. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soda ash,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soda%20ash.
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