Usually means: Chemical reaction making soap, fats.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. saponification: Merriam-Webster
  2. saponification: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saponification: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. saponification: Collins English Dictionary
  5. saponification: Vocabulary.com
  6. Saponification, saponification: Wordnik
  7. saponification: Wiktionary
  8. saponification: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. saponification: Dictionary.com
  10. Saponification: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Saponification: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. saponification: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. saponification: Rhymezone
  14. Saponification: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. saponification: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. saponification: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. saponification: FreeDictionary.org
  18. saponification: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. saponification: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SAPONIFICATION: Glossary of Art Terms

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  1. saponification: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. saponification: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. saponification: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saponification)

noun:  (chemistry) The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
noun:  The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.

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