washing soda en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Sodium carbonate used as a laundry aid (or sold for that purpose and others).
Considerable difficulty is experienced in several of the West Indian islands in obtaining quicklime for the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, and in keeping it in good condition when it has been procured. This has resulted in the use of slaked, or partially slaked, lime for the purpose, with the result that an inferior mixture has been produced. Instead of resorting in this difficulty to expensive and unsatisfactory commercial preparations, it may be suggested that the use of Burgundy mixture, in which the lime is replaced by sodium carbonate (washing soda) offers an alternative that is likely to give excellent results.
1915 December 4, “Burgundy mixture as a substitute for Bordeaux mixture”, in The Agricultural News: A Fortnightly Review of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, volume 14, number 355, Barbados, page 398:
Coordinates
baking soda · sodium bicarbonate
Hypernyms
Translations (10)
hu szóda (sodium carbonate) · de Waschsoda (sodium carbonate) · pl soda (sodium carbonate) · el σόδα πλύσης (sodium carbonate) · pl węglan sodu (sodium carbonate) · hu mosószóda (sodium carbonate) · th โซดาซักผ้า (sodium carbonate) · fi pesusooda (sodium carbonate) · hu ammóniákszóda (sodium carbonate) · io sodo (sodium carbonate)