AMMONIA ALUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ammonia alum mean? 

• AMMONIA ALUM (noun)
  The noun AMMONIA ALUM has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum

  Familiarity information: AMMONIA ALUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMMONIA ALUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alum; ammonia alum; ammonium alum

Hypernyms ("ammonia alum" is a kind of...):

Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)

double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)