| NOUN | process | saponification | a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap) |
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| Sounds | sahpaa.nahfahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap). | |
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| Broader | chemical reaction, reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
| Spanish | saponificación | |
| Catalan | saponificació | |
| Verbs | saponify | convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali |
| saponify | become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | |
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