POTASH ALUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potash alum mean? • POTASH ALUM (noun)
The noun POTASH ALUM has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
Familiarity information: POTASH ALUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POTASH ALUM (noun)
Meaning:
A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
potash alum; potassium alum; alum
Hypernyms ("potash alum" is a kind of...):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)
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