salts

/ sɔːlts /

plural noun

1. med any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulphate or sodium sulphate, for use as a cathartic
2. short for smelling salts
3. like a dose of salts informal.
   very fast

Example Sentences

In desalination, seawater is filtered through a membrane that removes salts, leaving fresh water and a salty brine.

From Science Daily

His mother’s hunger strike – she’s surviving on water, rehydration salts and sugarless tea or coffee - is a sign of his family’s increasing desperation.

From BBC

There are candles and bath salts ready to go on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times

They showed a surface riddled with dark, reddish-brown cracks; fractures that may contain salts and sulfur compounds that could support life.

From BBC

Exposure to cyanide salts can cause headache, nausea, dizziness, nervousness, confusion, changes in heart rate and drowsiness, according to PHE.

From BBC