Alum
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- alumnusammonia alumammonium alumpotassium alum
- plural
- Alums
- possessive
- Alum's
- pluralpossessive
- Alums'