ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sal

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /sæl/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sal is a noun meaning (chemistry, obsolete) Salt.

Meaning

(chemistry, obsolete) Salt.

More Meanings

  1. Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
  2. (geology) Alternative form of sial.

Example Sentences

As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.
Wegener bases his theory of the drifting continents on the assumption that there are two distinct levels to be taken into account, the surface of the masses of "sal" which form the continents and the surface of the "sima" in which they float.

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Related dictionary entries include nitrum, alembroth, salt, armoniac, ammoniac, salty.

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