"alkali" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/ Audio: en-us-alkali.ogg [US] Forms: alkalis [plural], alkalies [plural]
enPR: ălʹkə-lī' Etymology: From French alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ق ل ي}}, {{der|en|fr|alcali}} French alcali, {{der|en|ar|قلي|اَلْقِلْي|alkali, ashes of the saltwort}} Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), {{m|ar|قَلَى||to roast in a pan, fry}} قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|alkalies}} alkali (countable and uncountable, plural alkalis or alkalies)
  1. (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (class of caustic bases): alkali (Afrikaans), قَلَوِيّ (qalawiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ալկալի (alkali) (Armenian), alkali (Basque), шчо́лач (ščólač) [feminine] (Belarusian), луг (luh) [masculine] (Belarusian), основа (osnova) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àlcali [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (jiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), alkálie [feminine] (Czech), alkali [neuter] (Danish), alkali [neuter] (Dutch), alkalo (Esperanto), leelis (Estonian), alkali (Estonian), alkali (Finnish), emäs (Finnish), alcali [masculine] (French), ტუტე (ṭuṭe) (Georgian), ტუტემიწა (ṭuṭemic̣a) (Georgian), Alkali [neuter] (German), αλκαλίο (alkalío) [neuter] (Greek), אלקלי (alkali) [masculine] (Hebrew), alkáli (Hungarian), lúg (Hungarian), alkali (Indonesian), alcaile [feminine] (Irish), alcali [masculine] (Italian), base [feminine] (Italian), アルカリ (arukari) (Japanese), сілті (sıltı) (Kazakh), អាល់កាលី (ʼalkaalii) (Khmer), 알칼리 (alkalli) (Korean), sārmi [masculine] (Latvian), šarmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), алкално (alkalno) [neuter] (Macedonian), alkali (Malay), waipāhua (Maori), łeeyáán (Navajo), qilê (Northern Kurdish), qela (Northern Kurdish), tift (Northern Kurdish), alkali [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alkali [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alcalí [masculine] (Occitan), କ୍ଷାର (kṣarô) (Odia), изгӕрт (izgært) (Ossetian), قلیا (qaliyâ) (Persian), شخار (šaxâr) (Persian), alkalia [feminine] (Polish), álcali [masculine] (Portuguese), alcaliu [neuter] (Romanian), щёлочь (ščóločʹ) [feminine] (Russian), алкалије [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), база [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alkalije [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), baza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alkálie [feminine] (Slovak), alkalija [feminine] (Slovene), ܘܝݍܬܪܝ (wižtarγ) (Sogdian), álcali [masculine] (Spanish), alkali [common-gender] (Swedish), alkalie [common-gender] (Swedish), క్షారము (kṣāramu) (Telugu), ด่าง (dàang) (Thai), alkali (Turkish), луг (luh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kiềm (Vietnamese), alcali [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-alkali-en-noun-pE8UcO29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'class of caustic bases': 92 8
  2. (Western US) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. Tags: US, Western, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-alkali-en-noun-eRnRmdJq Categories (other): Western US English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: base [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: alkalied, alkaloid, caustic, pH

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          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "kṣarô",
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          "word": "କ୍ଷାର"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "wižtarγ",
          "sense": "class of caustic bases",
          "word": "ܘܝݍܬܪܝ"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "kṣāramu",
          "sense": "class of caustic bases",
          "word": "క్షారము"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "roman": "dàang",
          "sense": "class of caustic bases",
          "word": "ด่าง"
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          "roman": "luh",
          "sense": "class of caustic bases",
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          "sense": "class of caustic bases",
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      "word": "alkalamide"
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    {
      "word": "alkalemia"
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      "word": "alkalescent"
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      "word": "alkali basalt"
    },
    {
      "word": "alkali bee"
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      "word": "alkalibiont"
    },
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      "word": "alkalibiontic"
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    {
      "word": "alkalic"
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    {
      "word": "alkali cellulose"
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      "word": "alkali flat"
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      "word": "alkali fly"
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      "word": "alkalify"
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      "word": "alkaligen"
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      "word": "alkaligenous"
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      "word": "alkali grass"
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    {
      "word": "alkali green"
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    {
      "word": "alkali metal"
    },
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      "word": "alkalimeter"
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    {
      "word": "alkalimetric"
    },
    {
      "word": "alkalimetry"
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      "word": "alkaline"
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      "word": "alkalinogenic"
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      "word": "alkalious"
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      "word": "alkaliphile"
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    {
      "word": "alkaliproof"
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    {
      "word": "alkalization"
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    {
      "word": "alkalize"
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    {
      "word": "alkalosis"
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    {
      "word": "antalkali"
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    {
      "word": "bialkali"
    },
    {
      "word": "caustic alkali"
    },
    {
      "word": "chloralkali"
    },
    {
      "word": "haloalkaliphilic"
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    {
      "word": "milk-alkali syndrome"
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    {
      "word": "superalkali"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَلَوِيّ"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "alkali",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ալկալի"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ščólač",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шчо́лач"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "luh",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "луг"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnova",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "основа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "àlcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "鹼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "碱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkálie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkalo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "leelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "emäs"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭuṭe",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ტუტე"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭuṭemic̣a",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ტუტემიწა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Alkali"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alkalío",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "αλκαλίο"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "alkali",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "אלקלי"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkáli"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "lúg"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcaile"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcali"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "arukari",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "アルカリ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sıltı",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "сілті"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼalkaalii",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "អាល់កាលី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "alkalli",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "알칼리"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "qilê"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "qela"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "tift"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sārmi"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šarmas"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "alkalno",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "waipāhua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "łeeyáán"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "alkali"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "alcalí"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "kṣarô",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "କ୍ଷାର"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "izgært",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "изгӕрт"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qaliyâ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "قلیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šaxâr",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "شخار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alcaliu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščóločʹ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щёлочь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алкалије"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "база"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalije"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkálie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkalija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sog",
      "lang": "Sogdian",
      "roman": "wižtarγ",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ܘܝݍܬܪܝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álcali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alkalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kṣāramu",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "క్షారము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dàang",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "ด่าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "alkali"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "luh",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "луг"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "word": "kiềm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "class of caustic bases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcali"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "alkali"
  ],
  "word": "alkali"
}

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