sal

C2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /sæl/ UK /sæl/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like shall /s/ vs /ʃ/ Sounds like sell /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #6334

Meanings

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

The old remedy cabinet contained a bottle labeled sal volatile.

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Synonyms

1 noun · salt, especially in... salt

Word family

Related forms sal volatilesal ammoniacsaline

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sal soda
an older name for sodium carbonate, also called washing soda

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

Topics

Materials & Substances

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