Sal

//sæl// name, noun

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Noun

1
Salt. obsolete, uncountable
2
Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
"As the sals were cut in the lower foothill districts the loggers looked towards the mountains in their search for other hardwood timber."
3
Alternative form of sial. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"Wegener bases his theory of the drifting continents on the assumption that there are two distinct levels to be taken into account, the surface of the masses of "sal" which form the continents and the surface of the "sima" in which they float."
4
Alternative form of sal. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
5
Initialism of structural adjustment loan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Proper Noun

1
A diminutive of the male given names Salomon, Salvador, or Salvatore.
"Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue."
2
One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
3
Initialism of Society of Antiquaries of London. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4
A diminutive of the female given name Sally.

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"The view of the vast petrified sand dunes against the backdrop of the snow-clad La Sal Mountain in the distance is worth every bit of effort to conquer the treacherous trail."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sal, from Latin sal. Doublet of salt.

Etymology 2

From Hindi साल (sāl), from Sanskrit शाल (śāla).

Etymology 3

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Si (silicon) + Al (aluminum).

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