Epsom salts
Epsom salts noun: magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.
Noun
Epsom salts (countable and uncountable, plural Epsom salts)
- magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.
- And who but July would know […] that her back needed to be rubbed after she had drank^([sic]) her Epsom salts so as to release, into a belch or fart, the wind that so plagued her.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), pages 71–72
Epsom salts meaning in Gujarati and Myanmar
Epsom salts in Gujarati
- common name for magnesium sulfate
- વિલાયતી મીઠું vilāyatī mīṭhũ
Epsom salts in Myanmar
- common name for magnesium sulfate
- ဆားခါး hca:hka:
Forms of Epsom salts
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Origin of Epsom salts
Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound.
Questions about Epsom salts
- What does Epsom salts mean?
- Epsom salts means magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution.
- What is Epsom salts in Gujarati?
- Epsom salts in Gujarati is વિલાયતી મીઠું (vilāyatī mīṭhũ). See Epsom salts meaning in Gujarati.
- What part of speech is Epsom salts?
- Epsom salts is a noun.
- What is the plural of Epsom salts?
- The plural of Epsom salts is Epsom salts.
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