washing soda

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   a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

   Synonymssodium carbonatesal sodasoda ashsoda

   Broadersalt

Questions about washing soda

What does washing soda mean?

washing soda means "a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper".

What is another word for washing soda?

Close synonyms include sodium carbonate, sal soda, soda ash, soda. 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.

Is washing soda a common word?

washing soda is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.