1. Noun
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
2. Verb
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
3. Noun
a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
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4. Noun
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
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5. Noun
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
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