salts

/ (sɔːlts) /

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pl n

med any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulphate or sodium sulphate, for use as a cathartic

short for smelling salts

like a dose of salts informal very fast

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How to use salts in a sentence

Have we become a nation of Veruca Salts from “Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory,” who are unbearably demanding?
We've Been on the Wrong Track Since 1972|Dean Obeidallah|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One easy way to build them back up is to take a bath with Epsom salts, which contain sulfur.
5 Healthier Ways to Detox (That Aren’t Juice Cleanses)|DailyBurn|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was probably cut with something, probably methylone, a.k.a. bath salts.
Silk Road Is the eBay of the Online Drug Trade|Winston Ross|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It can contain salts, metals, and sediments that are sometimes toxic or radioactive.
Did Floods Cause a Fracking Disaster in Colorado?|Josh Dzieza|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Dickie Sanders, 21, had tried various kinds of drugs before, but snorting “Cloud Nine” bath salts resulted in his death.
Rudy Eugene, Brian De Leon, and More Crazy 'Bath Salt' Freakouts|Andrew Carter|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Lime salts also possess the power of transforming renninogen into the active ferment.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The recent researches of Brustlein have shown that lime does cause the organic matters to absorb ammonia from its salts.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
They are extremely prone to change, and in presence of animal matters readily ferment, and are converted into salts of ammonia.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
I made him smell the salts which I had with me, and when we reached his house only the shivering remained.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)|Alexandre Dumas, fils

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