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
- Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
- (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.
Word Forms
- sals
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nitrum, alembroth, salt, armoniac, ammoniac, salty.
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