WHITE VITRIOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white vitriol mean? 

• WHITE VITRIOL (noun)
  The noun WHITE VITRIOL has 1 sense:

1. a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc

  Familiarity information: WHITE VITRIOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE VITRIOL (noun)

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Meaning:

A colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate; zinc vitriol

Hypernyms ("white vitriol" is a kind of...):

sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)