HyperDic: white_vitriol

English > 1 sense of the expression white vitriol:
NOUNsubstancewhite vitriol, zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, zinc vitriola colorless water-soluble powder
English > white vitriol: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc.
Synonymszinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, zinc vitriol
Broadersulfate, sulphateA salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Catalansulfat de zinc

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