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salt of vitriol

salt of vitriol noun: zinc sulphate.

Noun

salt of vitriol (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) zinc sulphate

Questions about salt of vitriol

What does salt of vitriol mean?
Salt of vitriol means zinc sulphate.
What part of speech is salt of vitriol?
Salt of vitriol is a noun.

Words near salt of vitriol in the dictionary

  1. salt of sorrel
  2. salt of tartar
  3. salt of the earth
  4. salt of tin
  5. salt of Venus
  6. salt of vitriol
  7. salt of wisdom
  8. salt of wormwood
  9. salt out
  10. salt pan
  11. salt pans

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