Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epsom salts

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: ep-som salts
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And who but July would know […] that her back needed to be rubbed after she had drank^([sic]) her Epsom salts so as to release, into a belch or fart, the wind that so plagued her."

Etymology

Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound.

Usage

Synonyms

bitter salts

Questions

What does epsom salts mean?: magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.
Where does epsom salts come from?: Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound.

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