n :  a sodium salt of carbonic acid used esp. in making soaps and chemicals, in water softening, in cleaning and bleaching, and in photography: as  a  :  a hygroscopic crystalline anhydrous strongly alkaline salt Na₂CO₃  b  :  WASHING SODA .
 
 
 
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