Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rochelle salt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: rochelle salt
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The double salt potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O), used for various scientific and medical purposes.

Example Sentences

"In fact, at the current state of knowledge and technology, probably only the simplest of the structures she worked on in Cambridge, Rochelle salt, could have been fully solved at the time."

Etymology

From La Rochelle in France.

Inflected Forms

Rochelle salts (plural)

Synonyms

Seignette salt rochelle salts potassium sodium tartrate

Questions

What does rochelle salt mean?: The double salt potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O), used for various scientific and medical purposes.
Where does rochelle salt come from?: From La Rochelle in France.

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