Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair-salt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: hair-salt
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Haarsalz.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hair-salts (plural) hair salt (alternative)

Questions

What does hair-salt mean?: A habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers.
Where does hair-salt come from?: Calque of German Haarsalz.

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