salt cake

noun

Impure solid sodium sulfate, produced in 19th-20th cc. by pouring sulfuric acid on table salt and formerly used in production of glasses, soaps etc.

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Meanings

nounsalt cake (countable and uncountable, plural salt cakes)

plural salt cakes

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableImpure solid sodium sulfate, produced in 19th-20th cc. by pouring sulfuric acid on table salt and formerly used in production of glasses, soaps etc.
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APA

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“salt cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20cake.

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