hydroxide : Idioms & Phrases

• noun white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
  hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide; aluminium hydroxide.
  

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• noun white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
  hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide; aluminium hydroxide.
  

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• noun a water solution of ammonia
  ammonia water; ammonia.
  

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• noun white poisonous crystals; made by dissolving barium oxide in water
  

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• noun a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  calcium hydrate; caustic lime; slaked lime; hydrated lime; lime hydrate; lime.
  

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• noun the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom
  hydroxyl ion.
  

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• noun a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
  

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• noun a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
  potash; caustic potash.
  

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• noun a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
  caustic soda.
  

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• a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.

Webster 1913