Sal

Full definition of sal

Noun

1. (chemistry, obsolete) salt

Usage notes

Was used predominantly to form the names of various chemical compounds.

Derived terms

• sal absinthii
• sal acetosellae
• sal alembroth
• sal ammoniac
• sal catharticus
• sal culinarius
• sal cyrenaicus
• sal de duobus
• sal duplicatum
• sal diureticus
• sal enixum
• sal gemmae
• sal jovis
• sal martis
• sal microcosmicum
• sal plumbi
• sal Saturni
• sal sedativus
• sal seignette
• sal soda
• sal vitrioli
• sal volatile

Alternative forms

• saul, shala

Noun

1. , a dipterocarpaceous tree.
• 1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement (page 18)As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

Anagrams

• asl, a/s/l, ASL, las, LSA, SLA