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sal volatile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
sal volatile
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin sal volatile, literally "volatile salt".

Usage

Synonyms

baker's ammonia hartshorn salt salt of hartshorn spirits of ammonia

Questions

What does sal volatile mean?
Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.
Where does sal volatile come from?
From Latin sal volatile, literally "volatile salt".

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