Alkaline is an English word with synonyms like basic or amphoteric. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Alkaline in a sentence
Alkaline meaning
- Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
- Having a pH greater than 7.
Synonyms of Alkaline
Using Alkaline
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases. | Having a pH greater than 7.
- Useful related words include: alkalic, alkalescent, alcalescent, basic.
- In the example corpus, alkaline often appears in combinations such as: alkaline earth, the alkaline, an alkaline.
Context around Alkaline
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alkaline
- In this selection, "alkaline" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strongly, read, contains, earth, cells and metal stand out and add context to how "alkaline" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a corrosive alkaline and a white alkaline metal is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alkaline" sits close to words such as aba, avenge and backups, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alkaline
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are alkaline foods good for gut health? (7 words)
Being alkaline, the semen neutralises virginal activities. (7 words)
It contains alkaline minerals and is considered to have many health benefits. (12 words)
When the St. George temple was being constructed during the years of 1871 through 1877, stone was needed that would not break down in the alkaline soil of the area. (30 words)
Almost two weeks on from the assault, detectives now believe Ezedi entered the river just hours after dousing his former partner and her two little girls in a corrosive alkaline. (30 words)
If they were designed to read alkaline cells, battery level indicators overstate the remaining charge, as the voltage of alkaline cells decreases steadily during most of the discharge cycle. (29 words)
Are alkaline foods good for gut health? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
All the alkaline earth metals except beryllium also react with water to form strongly alkaline hydroxides and, thus, should be handled with great care.
Century eggs are created by placing eggs in alkaline mud (or other alkaline substance), resulting in their "inorganic" fermentation through raised pH instead of spoiling.
If they were designed to read alkaline cells, battery level indicators overstate the remaining charge, as the voltage of alkaline cells decreases steadily during most of the discharge cycle.
His company is developing a 500-megawatt factory to produce solid-oxide electrolyzers, which operate at high temperatures and are more efficient than alkaline or PEM.
In 1817, Swedish scientist Arfwedson managed to isolate the alkaline metal, which he called lithium.
It contains alkaline minerals and is considered to have many health benefits.
It does this with a 'pH on the go' alkaline water filter, which sits in the centre of the pitcher.
Lithium, a white alkaline metal, is the cornerstone of India’s rising green energy transition requirements.
Many of the foods stressed by alkaline diets are discouraged in keto, such as nuts, legumes, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Scientists use the pH scale to measure how acidic or basic (alkaline) water is.
Soils that are too alkaline can affect plants’ growth, leaving them weedy and underdeveloped.
The one consequence that popped up pertained to chemistry: particularly, to the periodic desk and the atomic numbers of the alkaline earth metals.
This consultation sets out the safeguards which would be put in place to ensure alkaline hydrolysis would be subject to the same high standards as burial and cremation.
When the St. George temple was being constructed during the years of 1871 through 1877, stone was needed that would not break down in the alkaline soil of the area.
Almost two weeks on from the assault, detectives now believe Ezedi entered the river just hours after dousing his former partner and her two little girls in a corrosive alkaline.
Are alkaline foods good for gut health?
As officers engaged with the people, they were exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline.
Being alkaline, the semen neutralises virginal activities.
Elle visited Harley Street nutritionist Dr Simone Laubscher, who advised her to stop taking synthetic supplements and start an alkaline diet.
Freshly collected spring water, particularly that with an alkaline pH, showed a more harmonious life force than processed tap water.
Common combinations with alkaline
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- alkaline earth 19×
- the alkaline 16×
- an alkaline 15×
- and alkaline 11×
- of alkaline 10×
- alkaline solutions 9×
- strongly alkaline 8×
- in alkaline 8×
- other alkaline 8×
- alkaline water 8×