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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 faintness
Familiarity information: SMELLING SALTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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