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CAUSTIC SODA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does caustic soda mean?
• CAUSTIC SODA (noun)
The noun CAUSTIC SODA has 1 sense:
1. a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
Familiarity information: CAUSTIC SODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
caustic soda; sodium hydroxide
Hypernyms ("caustic soda" is a kind of...):
hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)
lye (a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide)
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