sal

1. obsoleteuncountablechemistrySalt.

plural sals · alternative shaal · alternative shala · alternative saul

1. Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.

   As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber.

   1989, Thomas Weber, Hugging the trees: the story of the Chipko movement, page 18

alternative Sal

1. alternativeuncountablegeographyAlternative form of sial.

   Wegener bases his theory of the drifting continents on the assumption that there are two distinct levels to be taken into account, the surface of the masses of "sal" which form the continents and the surface of the "sima" in which they float.

   1923 March 28, G. Vibert Douglas, A.V. Douglas, “Note on the Interpretation of the Wegener Frequency Curve”, in Geological Magazine, volume 60, number 3, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 108

1. A diminutive of the male given names Salomon, Salvador, and Salvatore.

   Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.

   1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4

2. A diminutive of the female given name Sally.

1. One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.

1. alternativeuncountablegeographyAlternative form of sal.

plural SALs

1. abbreviationinitialismeconomicsInitialism of structural adjustment loan.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Society of Antiquaries of London.