bicarbonate

«bicarbonate» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for bicarbonate of soda (also called baking soda or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bicarbonate, uncountable; bicarbonates in chemistry)

meaning for a pupil

1) Short for bicarbonate of soda (also called baking soda or sodium bicarbonate), a white powder used in cooking and cleaning. tree →

2) (science) A chemical salt containing the group HCO3; in the body it helps keep blood at the right acid level. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking, bicarbonate of soda makes cakes rise because it gives off carbon dioxide bubbles. In science lessons it fizzes with vinegar in the classic «volcano» experiment. It is also used to clean and remove smells, and to ease indigestion.

examples

• Add a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to the cake mix. tree →
• We mixed bicarbonate and vinegar to make our volcano erupt. tree →
• Bicarbonate of soda can clean a dirty oven. tree →
• The fizz is carbon dioxide gas made by the bicarbonate. tree →
• Mum keeps a box of bicarbonate in the fridge to stop smells. tree →
• Baking soda is another name for bicarbonate of soda. tree →

note

Usually uncountable in cooking. UK: bicarbonate of soda or «bicarb»; US: baking soda. Do not confuse with baking powder, which already contains an acid. Do not eat it by the spoonful.

In the corpora

• Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) is a mild alkali; it tastes bitter and soapy, not sour.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bicarbonate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.