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alum

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a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum(noun.substance)

Synonym:
ammonia alum, ammonium alum

source: wordnet30
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum(noun.substance)

Synonym:
potash alum, potassium alum

source: wordnet30
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)(noun.person)

Synonym:
alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate

source: wordnet30
a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.(noun)

source: webster1913

To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.(verb)

source: webster1913

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