Meanings
nounsodium bicarbonate (countable and uncountable, plural sodium bicarbonates)
plural sodium bicarbonates
- countableuncountablechemistryA salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb soda, bicarb, bread soda, cooking soda, mul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>, sodium bicarb
- countableespeciallyuncountablechemistryThis salt used in cooking (as a raising agent), as an antacid, as a cleaner, etc.
Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, bicarb soda, bicarb, bread soda, cooking soda, mul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>, sodium bicarb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
Similar
baking sodabicarbonate of sodabicarb sodabicarbbread sodacooking sodamul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>sodium bicarbsodium hydrogen carbonate
nounThis salt used in cooking (as a raising agent), as an antacid, as a cleaner, etc.
Similar
baking sodabicarbonate of sodabicarb sodabicarbbread sodacooking sodamul:E500[acidity regulator]] or raising agent>sodium bicarbsodium hydrogen carbonate
More synonyms by meaning
nouna white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 小蘇打 /小苏打, 碳酸氫鈉 /碳酸氢钠
- 小蘇打 /小苏打 (xiǎosūdá)used as a raising agent
- 碳酸氫鈉 /碳酸氢钠 (tànsuānqīngnà)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Czech jedlá soda
- jedlá sodasalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Danish natron
- natronused as a raising agent
Dutch natriumbicarbonaat
- natriumbicarbonaatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Esperanto baksodo, natria bikarbonato
- baksodoused as a raising agent
- natria bikarbonatosalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Finnish ruokasooda, leivinjauhe
- ruokasoodaused as a raising agent
- leivinjauheused as a raising agent
- natriumvetykarbonaattisalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- natriumbikarbonaattisalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
French bicarbonate, bicarbonate de soude
- bicarbonateused as a raising agent
- bicarbonate de soudesalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
German Natron, Natriumbicarbonat
- Natronused as a raising agent
- Natriumbicarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- Natriumbikarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- Natriumhydrogencarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- Natriumhydrogenkarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Greek διττανθρακικό νάτριο
- διττανθρακικό νάτριο (dittanthrakikó nátrio)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Hungarian szódabikarbóna, nátrium-hidrogén-karbonát
- szódabikarbónaused as a raising agent
- nátrium-hidrogén-karbonátsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Indonesian natrium bikarbonat
- natrium bikarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Irish décharbónáit sóidiam
- décharbónáit sóidiamsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Italian bicarbonato, bicarbonato di sodio
- bicarbonatoused as a raising agent
- bicarbonato di sodiosalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Japanese 重曹, 炭酸水素ナトリウム
- 重曹 (jūsō)used as a raising agent
- 炭酸水素ナトリウム (tansan suiso natoriumu)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- 重炭酸ソーダ (jū tansan sōda)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- 重炭酸曹達 (jū tansan sōda)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Korean 탄산수소 나트륨, 중탄산 소다
- 탄산수소 나트륨 (tansansuso nateuryum)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- 중탄산 소다salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- 중탄산조달 (jungtansanjodal)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Malay natrium hidrogen karbonat, sodium bikarbonat
- natrium hidrogen karbonatused as a raising agent
- sodium bikarbonatused as a raising agent
- soda penaikused as a raising agent
- natrium hidrogen karbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- sodium bikarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- soda penaiksalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Māori konutai pākawa warorua
- konutai pākawa waroruasalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Persian جوش شیرین
- جوش شیرین (juš-e širin)used as a raising agent
Polish soda, soda oczyszczona
- sodaused as a raising agent
- soda oczyszczonaused as a raising agent
- wodorowęglan sodusalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Portuguese bicarbonato de sódio, bicarbonato de sódio
- bicarbonato de sódioused as a raising agent
- bicarbonato de sódiosalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Romanian bicarbonat de sodiu
- bicarbonat de sodiusalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Russian бикарбона́т на́трия, гидрокарбонат натрия
- бикарбона́т на́трия (bikarbonát nátrija)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- гидрокарбонат натрия (gidrokarbonat natrija)salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Spanish bicarbonato de sodio, bicarbonato sódico
- bicarbonato de sodioused as a raising agent
- bicarbonato sódicoused as a raising agent
- bicarbonato de sodiosalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
- bicarbonato sódicosalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Swedish bikarbonat, bakpulver
- bikarbonatused as a raising agent
- bakpulverused as a raising agent
- natriumvätekarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Tagalog sodyum dalkarbonat
- sodyum dalkarbonatsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
Thai โซเดียมไบคาร์บอเนต
- โซเดียมไบคาร์บอเนตsalt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid
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