sal
noun
salt.
sal
1 American
[sal]
/ sæl /
noun
Chiefly Pharmacology.
Sal
2
American
[sal]
/ sæl /
noun
sal
British
/ sæl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of sal
< Latin sāl; see salt 1
Example Sentences
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The children - both under five - were found by a driver near the town of Alcacer do Sal on Tuesday, police said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
“Look for another heated consumer inflation report in May,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It's probably too dated to pick up the requisite votes, but Sal leaves me with a warm glow.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Soon, Beatnix got her yoga certification and a couple of her goth friends, Sal Santoro and Popi Mavros, offered the backroom of their Burbank-based occult store, the Crooked Path.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Instead I flew back down the hill with Sal at my heels as if there was no such thing as gravity to hold me to the earth.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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