native sulphur

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   an old name for sulfur

   Synonymsbrimstonenative sulfur

   Broadersulfur

Questions about native sulphur

What does native sulphur mean?

native sulphur means "an old name for sulfur".

What is another word for native sulphur?

Close synonyms include brimstone, native sulfur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is native sulphur a common word?

native sulphur is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.