salts
Britishplural noun
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med any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulphate or sodium sulphate, for use as a cathartic
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short for smelling salts
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informal very fast
Example Sentences
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It's the stuff of smelling salts and stretchers.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The experiments included exposure to powerful shock waves comparable to those created by meteorite impacts on Mars, as well as perchlorate salts, which are toxic compounds known to exist in Martian soil.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
Despite the harsh conditions, the yeast cells remained alive after exposure to shock waves, perchlorate salts, and even both stressors combined.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Their girls are on them immediately, passing smelling salts under their noses and escorting them out, half carrying them.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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