alka-seltzer

1. 1.

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

   Broaderantacid

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Questions about alka-seltzer

What does alka-seltzer mean?

alka-seltzer means "a commercial antacid that contains aspirin; tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution".

How many syllables are in alka-seltzer?

alka-seltzer has 4 syllables and divides as al-ka--selt-zer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is alka-seltzer a common word?

alka-seltzer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.