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glauber's salt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glauber's salt
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Glauber+salt. Named after German iatrochemist Johann Glauber (1604–1670) who manufactured sodium sulphate, a salt, in 1656.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Glauber's salts (plural) Glauber salt (alternative)

Synonyms

horse salt sal mirabilis sodium sulfate decahydrate glauber's salts

Questions

What does glauber's salt mean?
sodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool.
Where does glauber's salt come from?
Glauber+salt. Named after German iatrochemist Johann Glauber (1604–1670) who manufactured sodium sulphate, a salt, in 1656.

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