washing soda
Origin of washing soda
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How to use washing soda in a sentence
Many people recommend flushing waste-pipes now and then with a strong hot solution of washing soda.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanThe aluminium articles are boiled for a few minutes in a strong solution of ordinary washing soda.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallIt is said that iron or steel will not rust if it is placed for a few minutes in a warm solution of washing soda.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonIf a pot has been burned put a tablespoonful of washing-soda into it and fill it with water.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanIn combination with carbonic acid, as carbonate of soda, it forms the common washing soda of the shops.
The Elements of Agriculture | George E. Waring
British Dictionary definitions for washing soda
the crystalline decahydrate of sodium carbonate, esp when used as a cleansing agent
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