Epsom salt

American

noun

Chemistry, Pharmacology. Often Epsom salts. hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, occurring as small colorless crystals: used in fertilizers, the dyeing of fabrics, leather tanning, etc., and in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.

Etymology

Origin of Epsom salt

1760–70; after Epsom; so called from its presence in the local mineral water

Example Sentences

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Both types of floats, he says, contain 9000 pounds of epsom salt.

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The beds are designed to mimic a traditional float tank — where a person is suspended in water filled with epsom salt, oftentimes in complete darkness — but the perk of these beds is there’s no need to get wet.

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The electricity was so intense, she says, she often had to sleep in epsom salt to soothe her body.

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I’m blessed that I’m a million miler and 360 member of Delta but there are moments where I’m like, I could actually take this weekend off and just take care of myself and take an Epsom salt bath.

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The customer sits in the chair for the entire day, and when it’s over, Miriam’s fingers are so blistered that the others rush to get her an Epsom salt soak.

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