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Meaning of "white vitriol" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE VITRIOL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE VITRIOL

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
White vitriol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHITE VITRIOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zinc sulfate

Zinc sulfate is the inorganic compound with the formula ZnSO4 as well as any of three hydrates. It was historically known as "white vitriol". It is a colorless solid that is a common source of soluble zinc ions. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE VITRIOL

white squall
white stick
white Stilton
White supremacist
White supremacy
white tea tree
white tie
white toast
white trash
White Van Man
White Volta
white walnut
white water
white water lily
white wedding
white whale
white willow
white wine
white witch
white worm

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE VITRIOL

Auriol
Balliol
bass viol
blue vitriol
diol
dithiol
estradiol
estriol
ethanediol
geraniol
green vitriol
Kriol
oestradiol
oestriol
oil of vitriol
thiol
triol
viol
vitriol
zinc vitriol

Synonyms and antonyms of white vitriol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «white vitriol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITE VITRIOL

Find out the translation of white vitriol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of white vitriol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «white vitriol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白矾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vitriolo blanco
570 millions of speakers

English

white vitriol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफेद व्यंग्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزاج الأبيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

белый купорос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vitríolo branco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা পোশাকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vitriol blanc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Putih vitriol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiß Vitriol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白辛辣な言葉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흰색 신랄한 비평
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putih vitriol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sunfat màu trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை வெட்ரியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पांढरा कांदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çinko sülfatı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetriolo bianco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biały WITRIOL
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білий купорос
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vitriol alb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λευκό βιτριόλι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wit vitriool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vit vitriol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvit sulfat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of white vitriol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE VITRIOL»

The term «white vitriol» is used very little and occupies the 185.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE VITRIOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about white vitriol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE VITRIOL»

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A history of the materia medica: containing descriptions of ...
WHITE VITRIOL. i37 The white Vitriol which we use in the Shops is all pf it prepared from the native Salt of the fame Name and Colour by Solution and Evaporation. It has been an Opinion of many of the Writers on these Subjects, that it was ...
John Hill, 1751
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Miscellaneous Observations Connected with the Physical Sciences
With sugar of lead it becomes very milky, and is precipitated by adding white vitriol ; the precipitate being white, but the supernatant water green. 8. With common vitriol it is at first rendered turbid, afterwards it forms a thick brown sediment ...
Emanuel Swedenborg, 1847
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A History of the Materia Medica. - London, Longman, Hitsch, ...
The white Vitriol which we use in the Shops is all of it prepared from the native Salt of the same Name and Colour by Solution and Evaporation. It has been an Opinion of many of >the Writers on these Subjects, that it was only a green Vitriol  ...
John Hill, 1751
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A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters Comprehending the ...
Ten grains of logwood infused in an ounce of the weaker' solution of English vitriol, this became first blue, then olive-coloured; and ithad a much alike _ effect on the weaker solution of white vitriol. Srbdlium. Most of our chalybeate waters turn ...
John Rutty, 1757
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins
This agrees with another account, accurding to which the method of boiling white vitriol was found out at the time when Christopher Sander, whose service to the Harz is well-known, was tithe-gatherer. Honemann says that Sander was ...
John Beckmann, 1846
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Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts: ...
The third and last coat, makes a complete jet-black, which continues its colour — take three gallons of boiled linseed oil, an ounce of burnt umber, half an ounce of sugar of lead, a quarter of an ounce of white vitriol, half an ounce of Prussian ...
Colin MacKenzie, 1825
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Minerals
WHITE VITRIOL. 141 over a fire till all the fluid particles are dissipated, and the vitriol alone is left Blue vitriol is used by artists and manufacturers in various ways . It is employed in dyeing : and enters into the composition of biack colours, ...
William Bingley, 1821
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Lectures on the Materia Medica: Containing the Natural ...
Vitriolum album offie. Vitriolum album, Wcrm. Mus. 25. Cbarlt. Fojstl. ii. Chalcanthum candidum, Aldrov. Mus. Métal. 339. Atramentum album, durum, sessile, Kentm. 13. Vitriolum alb. off.c. Bde, 30. White Vitriol, or Eye-copperas, is a metallic fait, ...
Charles Alston, J. Bell ((Edimburgo)), John Hope, 1770
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Lectures on the Materia Medica Etc. Published from the ...
13. Vitriolum alb. offie. Dale, 30. White Vitriol, or Eye-copperas, is a metallic salt, found in mines, and excocted into loaves, or masses, ofthe grain colour and consistence of coarse loaf-sugar, tasting and smelling like the common_ green vitriol.
Charles Alston, 1770
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Patents for inventions. Abridgments of specifications
For a " black " the patentee uses '' boiled hnseed oil," '' burnt umber," " sugar of " lead," " white vitriol," "white lead," and "lampblack," properly mixed together and boiled in an iron vessel. The first coating of varnish is applied with a brush, and ...
Patent office, 1859

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE VITRIOL»

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Does anyone doubt that some of the “attacks” were from the white customers who ... and who don't much care for a serving of anti-white vitriol with a $5 latte? «VDARE.com, Mar 15»

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