baking soda

NOUN

raising agent

Synonyms

WEAK

bicarbonate of soda saleratus sodium bicarbonate

Example Sentences

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This designation is shared by everyday ingredients such as salt, vinegar, and baking soda.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Homegrown hacks - tea bags in shoes, sprinkling baking soda, spraying deodorant - weren't cutting it.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

I got to gathering, stuffing a couple of the fresh leaves in my mouth along with a pinch of baking soda.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

More runners in the middle distances are using a supplement whose main ingredient is sodium bicarbonate—household baking soda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2025

Alternative treatments with baking soda and milk did not help, and so, despite Elizabeth’s assurance that nothing was wrong, I showed up at the ice-cold Trinity Street surgery of a local doctor.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson