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SMELLING SALTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smelling salts mean? 

SMELLING SALTS (noun)
  The noun SMELLING SALTS has 1 sense:

1. a pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintnessplay

  Familiarity information: SMELLING SALTS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMELLING SALTS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("smelling salts" is a kind of...):

formulation; preparation (a substance prepared according to a formula)

Meronyms (substance of "smelling salts"):

sal volatile; spirits of ammonia (a solution of ammonium carbonate in ammonia water and alcohol)


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