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Webster 1913 Edition

Soda

So′da

,
Noun.
[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
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Soda

SO'DA

,
Noun.
Mineral fixed alkali; natron; so called because it forms the basis of marine salt. It is found native in Egypt; but it is generally obtained form the salsola kali. Soda is an oxyd, or the protoxyd of sodiem, a metal.

Definition 2025

sõda

sõda

See also: soda, Soda, sodá, sodā, sōda, and söda

Estonian

Noun

sõda ‎(genitive sõja, partitive sõda)

  1. war

Declension

Derived terms

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota.

Noun

sõda ‎(genitive sya, partitive sõta)

  1. war

Inflection

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sota. Cognate with Finnish sota.

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