baking soda

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baking soda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     1. (Chem.)
        (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
        (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
            bicarbonate is also called baking soda
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of  soda
        .
        [PJC]
  
     3. same as soda water.
        [PJC]
  
     4. 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.
        [PJC]
  
     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.]
        [1913 Webster]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

baking soda - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  baking soda
      n 1: 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
           , baking soda, saleratus]