sal ammoniac

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   a white salt used in dry cells

   Synonymsammonium chloride

   Broadersalt

Questions about sal ammoniac

What does sal ammoniac mean?

sal ammoniac means "a white salt used in dry cells".

What is another word for sal ammoniac?

Close synonyms include ammonium chloride. 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 sal ammoniac a common word?

sal ammoniac 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.