alkalis

Meaning of alkalis

plural noun
  1. a compound with particular chemical properties including turning litmus blue and neutralizing or effervescing with acids; typically, a caustic or corrosive substance of this kind such as lime or soda.
    flint is not subject to chemical weathering except by strong alkalis
    the reaction is followed by measuring the concentration of alkali at various times

late Middle English (denoting a saline substance derived from the ashes of various plants, including glasswort): from medieval Latin, from Arabic al-qalī ‘calcined ashes (of the glasswort etc.)’, from qalā ‘fry, roast’.

Information about alkalis

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of alkalis is: alkali.
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Hyphenation of alkalis

al-ka-lis

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • alkalis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with alkalis

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