bath salts

[ bath, bahth ]

plural noun

1. a preparation used to soften or give a pleasant scent to a bath, as colored, sweet-smelling flakes, crystals, etc.

bath salts

plural noun

1. soluble scented salts for use in a bath

Word History and Origins

Origin of bath salts¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

It was probably cut with something, probably methylone, a.k.a. bath salts.

From The Daily Beast

Dickie Sanders, 21, had tried various kinds of drugs before, but snorting “Cloud Nine” bath salts resulted in his death.

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Terry Trent decided to have Christmas early while he was on bath salts in November 2011.

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“He had a hard time accepting it, so he turned to bath salts,” she said.

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Blood tests showed he was on bath salts, cannabis, and Xanax, and also had a blood alcohol level of 0.29.

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It's a jar of bath salts—verbena—all of which I am going to use.

From Project Gutenberg

He caught the faint odor of bath salts rising from under the rounded neckline of her blouse.

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It was luxurious to splash in warm water and bath-salts after the enforced griminess of weeks.

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Henry expressed a desire to have a bath, and retired with an enormous sponge and a box of bath-salts.

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