ALKALI in a Sentence

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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
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
alkali
 n.  soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia
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
2  Here and there there are scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out against the dull deposit of alkali.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Example Sentence:
1  This kind of soil contains much alkali.