sal

[ sal ]

/ sæl /

noun Chiefly Pharmacology.

salt¹.

Words nearby sal

saktas, sakti, saktism, sakuntala, sakyamuni, sal, sal ammoniac, sal soda, sal volatile, sala, salaam

Origin of sal

< Latin sāl; see salt¹

Definition for sal (2 of 2)

Sal

[ sal ]

/ sæl /

noun

a male given name, form of Salvatore.

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Sal Henderson, for instance, tells us that football is the only thing that makes his life better.
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A coach finally revives him, but Sal remembers nothing of the play.
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For two decades Sue Sally (“Sal”) Hale disguised herself as a man so that she could play in matches with men around the country.
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It held aspirin, Sal Hepatica, cigarette papers and a Mason jar full of tobacco.
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Bar., the Faulkner adaptation As I Lay Dying, and the Sal Mineo biopic Sal, which was released on Nov. 1.
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But Sal Kavannah seized him by the hand and dragged him forward.
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It's toime somebody was afther doin' on't, an' it's up to me, with me poor Sal lyin' in the hospital!
Gloria and Treeless Street|Annie Hamilton Donnell
And I would give a great deal to know whatever became of Sal's Kid.
Victor's Triumph|Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
Sal Furbush, who had courtesied herself into the room, now asked to say a word concerning Mary.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
Me dinck such a picolo man as you be sal have no de such grande luck, ma dere.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sal

sal

/ (sæl) /

noun

a pharmacological term for salt (def. 3)

Word Origin for sal

Latin

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Medicine definitions for sal

sal

[ săl ]

n.

Salt.

sal

noun Chiefly Pharmacology.

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Origin of sal

Definition for sal (2 of 2)

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sal

noun

Word Origin for sal

Medicine definitions for sal

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