bath salts

bath salts
noun
a preparation that softens or scents a bath
• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
• Hypernyms: ↑toiletry, ↑toilet articles

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noun plural
: a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bath water

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/bath, bahth/
a preparation used to soften or give a pleasant scent to a bath, as colored, sweet-smelling flakes, crystals, etc.
[1905-10]

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bath salts plural noun
A usu sweet-smelling substance used to soften and perfume bathwater
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Main Entry: ↑bath

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bath salts UK US noun [plural]
a substance with a pleasant smell that you add to the water when you have a bath
Thesaurus: soap and bath productshyponym

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bath salts,
any of various compounds, especially a scented mixture of sea salts and borax, by which the water of a bath is softened and made fragrant.

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plural n. a crystalline substance that is dissolved in bathwater to soften or perfume the water

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