ALKALI in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ALKALI, such as:
1. This kind of soil contains much alkali.
2. Here and there there are scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out against the dull deposit of alkali.
2. Here and there there are scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out against the dull deposit of alkali.
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Meanings and Examples of ALKALI
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alkali
n. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
n. a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
Classic Sentence:
1 As far as the eye can reach stretches the great flat plain-land, all dusted over with patches of alkali, and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 Here and there there are scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out against the dull deposit of alkali.
Example Sentence:
1 This kind of soil contains much alkali.