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Meaning of sal volatile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.

uncountable

Examples

“... as for Miss⟳ Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send⟳ for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sal-ammoniac sala sala set Salaam salaam alaikum Salaban I

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