sal

¹ American  

[sal] / sæl /

noun

Chiefly Pharmacology.

1. salt.

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Sal ² American  

[sal] / sæl /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Salvatore.

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sal British  

/ sæl /

noun

1. a pharmacological term for salt

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Etymology

Origin of sal

< Latin sāl; salt ¹

Example Sentences

“We had one obvious big mistake — I fell on the sal — so that’s something we’re not happy about, but the rest we can be pretty proud of.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Blessit be merciful men: for thai sal get mercy.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

These early routes were created gradually, bit by bit, to move supplies between settlements – the most important of which was sal, salt, produced in salt pans on both coasts from both oceans.

From The Guardian • May 4, 2020

Ao longo dos anos, afirma, a empresa reformulou aproximadamente 9 mil produtos com o intuito de reduzir o sal, o açúcar e a gordura, e distribuiu bilhões de porções fortificadas com vitaminas e minerais.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2017

Ah, yes, certainly she would go at once—her case was not locked—and she would take with her some sal ammoniac.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie