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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.

See also

sal-ammoniac sala sala set Salaam salaam alaikum Salaban I