- Rochelle salts
- nouna double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic• Syn: ↑Rochelle salt, ↑potassium sodium tartrate• Hypernyms: ↑double salt
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rochelle salts — sodium potassium tartrate … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Rochelle salt — noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic • Syn: ↑Rochelle salts, ↑potassium sodium tartrate • Hypernyms: ↑double salt * * * Rochelle salt, a colorless or white, crystalline compound, potassium sodium tartrate, used as a… … Useful english dictionary
Rochelle salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rochelle powders — Seidlitz Seid litz, a. Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written also {Sedlitz}.] [1913 Webster] {Seidlitz powders}, effervescing salts, consisting of two separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodium… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Epsom salts — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Glauber's salts — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
potassium sodium tartrate — noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic • Syn: ↑Rochelle salt, ↑Rochelle salts • Hypernyms: ↑double salt * * * noun : rochelle salt * * * Chem. See … Useful english dictionary
double salt — noun a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization • Hypernyms: ↑salt, ↑solid solution, ↑primary solid solution • Hyponyms: ↑alum, ↑potassium alum, ↑potash alum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Above the salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
