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GLAUBER'S SALTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Glauber's salts mean?
• GLAUBER'S SALTS (noun)
The noun GLAUBER'S SALTS has 1 sense:
1. (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic
Familiarity information: GLAUBER'S SALTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Glauber's salt; Glauber's salts
Hypernyms ("Glauber's salts" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
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