sal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   salt, especially in traditional chemical or pharmaceutical names such as sal volatile

   The old remedy cabinet contained a bottle labeled sal volatile.

Common collocations

• sal soda Noun + noun

Borrowed from Latin sal, 'salt.' In English it survives chiefly in traditional chemical and pharmaceutical compounds such as sal ammoniac and sal volatile.

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