SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium carboxymethyl cellulose mean? 

• SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE (noun)
  The noun SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE has 1 sense:

1. a gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent

  Familiarity information: SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE used as a noun is very rare.

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• SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose; used as a thickening or emulsifying agent

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sodium carboxymethyl cellulose" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))