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A caustic alkaline substance used to make soap, clean surfaces, or prepare certain foods.
means A strongly alkaline (caustic) substance, traditionally potassium or sodium hydroxide, used in cleaning, soapmaking, and food preparation.
from From Old English 'leah,' meaning alkaline water used for washing, tracing back to a Germanic root related to washing and cleansing. It's a cousin of 'lather' in some accounts of the word family, though the direct lineage runs through Germanic words for cleansing liquid — centuries before chemists ever isolated sodium hydroxide, people were already boiling wood ash in water to make the stuff, catching the runoff, and calling it lye.
- real name
- sodium hydroxide, basic chemistry rockstar
- soap making
- mixes with fat to create actual soap
- pretzel secret
- gives pretzels their shiny brown crust
- handle carefully
- dissolves skin, protein, and crime evidence alike