Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calcium_octadecanoate

1 sense of calcium octadecanoate

Sense 1
calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate -- (an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water)
       => salt -- (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))