English > salt: 9 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal). |
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| Narrower | Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts | (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic |
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| acetate, ethanoate | A salt or ester of acetic acid |
| alkali | A mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water |
| ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac | A white salt used in dry cells |
| arsenate | A salt or ester of arsenic acid |
| benzoate | Any salt or ester of benzoic acid |
| bichromate, dichromate | A salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid |
| bile salt | A salt of bile acid and a base |
| borate | A salt or ester of boric acid |
| borosilicate | A salt of boric and silicic acids |
| calcium chloride | A deliquescent salt |
| calcium lactate | A white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate |
| calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate | An insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid |
| calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate | A white salt (CaSO4) |
| carbamate | A salt (or ester) of carbamic acid |
| carbonate | A salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) |
| chlorate | Any salt of chloric acid |
| chromate | Any salt or ester of chromic acid |
| chrome alum | A violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing |
| citrate | A salt or ester of citric acid |
| cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate | A salt used especially in baking powder |
| cyanide | An extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid |
| dibasic salt | A salt derived by replacing two hydrogen atoms per molecule |
| double salt | A solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization |
| ferricyanide | salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide |
| ferrocyanide | salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate |
| fluoroboride | A salt of fluoroboric acid |
| fluosilicate | salt of fluosilicic acid |
| fulminate | A salt or ester of fulminic acid |
| glutamate | A salt or ester of glutamic acid |
| halide | A salt of any halogen acid |
| hypochlorite | Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid |
| isocyanate | A salt or ester of isocyanic acid |
| lactate | A salt or ester of lactic acid |
| manganate | A salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion |
| microcosmic salt | A white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides |
| oxalacetate, oxaloacetate | A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid |
| oxalate | A salt or ester of oxalic acid |
| perchlorate | A salt of perchloric acid |
| permanganate | A dark purple salt of permanganic acid |
| phosphate, orthophosphate, inorganic phosphate | A salt of phosphoric acid |
| polyphosphate | A salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid |
| potassium bromide | A white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography |
| potassium chlorate | A white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives |
| potassium dichromate | An orange-red salt used in making dyes and in photography |
| propenoate, acrylate | A salt or ester of propenoic acid |
| pyrophosphate | A salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid |
| salicylate | A salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs) |
| silicate | A salt or ester derived from silicic acid |
| sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash, soda | A sodium salt of carbonic acid |
| sodium carboxymethyl cellulose | A gummy substance that is a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose |
| sodium chlorate | A colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic |
| sodium dichromate, sodium bichromate | A red-orange salt used as a mordant |
| sodium fluoride | A colorless crystalline salt of sodium (NaF) used in fluoridation of water and to prevent tooth decay |
| sulfate, sulphate | A salt or ester of sulphuric acid |
| sulfonate | A salt of sulphonic acid |
| tartrate | A salt or ester of tartaric acid |
| thiocyanate | A salt of thiocyanic acid |
| tungstate | A salt of tungstic acid |
| urate | A salt of uric acid |
| vanadate | A salt or ester of vanadic acid |
| xanthate | A salt or ester of xanthic acid |
| Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
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| Spanish | sal |
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| Catalan | sal |
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| Adjectives | salty | containing or filled with salt |
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