Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium);
- Example: "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline"[syn: alkali metal, alkaline metal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alkaline metal
n 1: any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic
table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium
or francium); "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are
strongly alkaline" [syn: alkali metal, alkaline metal]