salts
Britishplural noun
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med any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulphate or sodium sulphate, for use as a cathartic
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short for smelling salts
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informal very fast
Example Sentences
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The experiments included exposure to powerful shock waves comparable to those created by meteorite impacts on Mars, as well as perchlorate salts, which are toxic compounds known to exist in Martian soil.
From Science Daily
Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.
This radiation reacts with salts and other materials on the moon's surface, producing compounds that could serve as nutrients for microbes.
From Science Daily
“I’m a regular user of smelling salts, taking them for a boost of energy before every offensive drive,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Milvus founder Assia Kasdi said she buys metal salts, dissolves them in water and mixes them with other components that contain the desired property of a particular mineral, such as durability or conductivity.
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