Glauber's salt

noun

sodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool.

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Meanings

nounGlauber's salt (countable and uncountable, plural Glauber's salts)

plural Glauber's salts · alternative Glauber salt

  1. countableuncountablechemistrysodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool.

    Synonyms: horse salt, sal mirabilis, sodium sulfate decahydrate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsodium sulphate (typically a hydrated form) typically used as a laxative or in dyeing wool.

Similar
horse saltsal mirabilissodium sulfate decahydrate

More synonyms by meaning

noun(Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic

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Glauber's salts
Broader
salt
Also see
horse saltmirabilite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Glauber+salt. Named after German iatrochemist Johann Glauber (1604–1670) who manufactured sodium sulphate, a salt, in 1656.

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Translations

German Glaubersalz
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Hungarian Glauber-só
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Polish siarczan sodu
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Glauber's salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glauber's%20salt

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“Glauber's salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glauber's%20salt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glauber's salt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glauber's%20salt.

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