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Epsom salts

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Drugs, medicines
Ep·som salts /ˌepsəm ˈsɔːlts $ -ˈsɒːlts/ noun [plural]  MDa white powder that can be mixed with water and used as a medicine ()
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Epsom saltsThe first thing we discovered was that we could get high strength from almost anything from Epsom salts to sapphire.Crystals Fill two jam jars with water and stir five tablespoons of Epsom Salts into each jar.Most, however, consisted of simple washing soda, Epsom salts, or other innocuous ingredients.For aches in limbs she would hand them Epsom salts.Zebedee had been pumped with Epsom Salts laxative to make sure he performed somewhere.
Origin Epsom salts (1700-1800) Epsom, town in southern England with a supply of water in which the substance was found
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Epsom salts
Epsom salts /ˌepsəm ˈsɔːlts $ -ˈsɒːlts/ noun [plural]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: Epsom, town in southern England with a supply of water in which the substance was found
a white powder that can be mixed with water and used as a medicine


Epsom saltsBrE /ˌepsəm ˈsɔːlts/ 🔊NAmE /ˌepsəm ˈsɔːlts/ 🔊 noun [plural] a white powder that can be mixed with water and used as a medicine or laxative 泻盐