ALKA-SELTZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alka-seltzer mean? 

• ALKA-SELTZER (noun)
  The noun ALKA-SELTZER has 1 sense:

1. a commercial antacid that contains aspirin; tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution

  Familiarity information: ALKA-SELTZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKA-SELTZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commercial antacid that contains aspirin; tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Alka-seltzer" is a kind of...):

alkaliser; alkalizer; antacid; antiacid; gastric antacid (an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach))

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)