alkali
noun
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Sense 1 noun
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- pyridine hyponym
- purine hyponym
- purine hyponym
- imidazole hyponym
- melamine hyponym
- pyrimidine hyponym
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Sense 2 noun
a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
Types & categories
- salt hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alkalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | free-base |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyridine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | imidazole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melamine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrimidine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alkalize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alkaline |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | salt |