alkaline

Adjective
  1. Relating to or containing an alkali;
    Having a pH greater than 7 (synset 300025841)
    "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    similar to:
    • alcalescent, alkalescent - tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
    • basic - of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
    • base-forming - yielding a base in aqueous solution
    • saltlike - resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal
    same as: alkalic

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