Lye
noun
A strong chemical used for cleaning or making soap.
You should wear gloves while using lye as it can burn your skin.
Often appears as...
- strong lye
- lye soap
noun
Liquid obtained by leaching ashes (combusting plant material).
In old times, people used lye from wood ash to make soap.
Often appears as...
- wood ash lye
- lye leaching
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
noun
A strong chemical used for cleaning or making soap.
You should wear gloves while using lye as it can burn your skin.
Often appears as...
- strong lye
- lye soap
noun
Liquid obtained by leaching ashes (combusting plant material).
In old times, people used lye from wood ash to make soap.
Often appears as...
- wood ash lye
- lye leaching
Usage tips
Formal
Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Lye can cause chemical burns. Handle with care and protection.
Always use gloves when handling lye to avoid skin irritation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Strength
Lye is used in heavy-duty cleaning, its strength is notable.
Industrial cleaners contain lye for its powerful cleaning properties.
Pro Tip 3/3Soap Making
Lye is a key ingredient in traditional and homemade soap recipes.
She mixed lye with oils to start the soap-making process.
Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Lye can cause chemical burns. Handle with care and protection.
Always use gloves when handling lye to avoid skin irritation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Strength
Lye is used in heavy-duty cleaning, its strength is notable.
Industrial cleaners contain lye for its powerful cleaning properties.
Pro Tip 3/3Soap Making
Lye is a key ingredient in traditional and homemade soap recipes.
She mixed lye with oils to start the soap-making process.
Pro Tip 1/3Safety First
Lye can cause chemical burns. Handle with care and protection.
Always use gloves when handling lye to avoid skin irritation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Strength
Lye is used in heavy-duty cleaning, its strength is notable.
Industrial cleaners contain lye for its powerful cleaning properties.
Pro Tip 3/3Soap Making
Lye is a key ingredient in traditional and homemade soap recipes.
She mixed lye with oils to start the soap-making process.
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Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
Video examples
How to spot a liar -...
Elektra cephalo gram through the door lye spotters rely on human tools they know as someone once said characters who you are in the dark and what's kind of interesting is that today we have so little darkness our world is lit up 24
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
Video examples
How to spot a liar -...
Elektra cephalo gram through the door lye spotters rely on human tools they know as someone once said characters who you are in the dark and what's kind of interesting is that today we have so little darkness our world is lit up 24
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Alvin Leung
English Chef
I said I want to get outside the box, but what can I change? I don't want my cookies to reek of ammonia, so we used baking soda instead of lye. We added ground almonds, which is expensive. We used butter, which is expensive. And we didn't want any food coloring.
Quote examples
Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s.
Quote examples
Alvin Leung
English Chef
I said I want to get outside the box, but what can I change? I don't want my cookies to reek of ammonia, so we used baking soda instead of lye. We added ground almonds, which is expensive. We used butter, which is expensive. And we didn't want any food coloring.
Quote examples
Bobbie Ann Mason
American Novelist
We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s.
Example 1 of 2
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