alkaline

Questions about alkaline

What does alkaline mean?

alkaline means "relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7".

How many syllables are in alkaline?

alkaline has 3 syllables: al-ka-line. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælkəˌlaɪn/.

What is another word for alkaline?

Close synonyms include alkalic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of alkaline?

The recorded antonyms are amphoteric, acidic.

Is alkaline a common word?

alkaline 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.

What rhymes with alkaline?

34 words rhyme with alkaline. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.