Word Meaning

alkali definition and meaning

n. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
n. One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

Crossword clues for alkali

- Acid neutraliser
- Acid-neutralising base
- Base
- Base (chemistry)
- Chemical base liquid
- Lithium, for example
- Soluble base
- Soluble base or a solution of a base
- Soluble base or solution of a base
- Soluble salt obtained from the ashes of plants
- Substance with a high pH
- Talk a little about putting in caustic soda for instance