Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "alum" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Roman alum alum cake alum earth alum mine alum rock alum root alum schist alum shale alum slate alum stone alum works alum-basket alumed alumiferous alumina aluming alumish alumium alumocalcite alumroot alumstone ammonia alum burnt alum cake alum carmalum chrome alum chrome-ammonia alum common alum feather alum filter alum hemalum iron alum magnesia alum manganese alum manganoso-magnesium alum native alum papermaker's alum plume alum plumose alum potash alum pseudo alum rock alum saccharine alum silver alum soda alum sodium alum unalumed unalumed

Etymologically Related To

alumna alumnus

Context

chemistry us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Al aluminium aluminum astringent astringent drug atomic number 13 double salt scholar scholarly person styptic

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

alumna alumnus

Type Of (IsA)

aluminum astringent double salt

Related Terms

aluminiferous aluminiform aluminilite aluminise aluminite aluminize aluminous aluniferous alunite alunogen apjohnite bosjemanite halotrichite kalinite websterite

Related Terms

aluminiferous aluminiform aluminilite aluminise aluminite aluminium aluminous alunite alunogen apjohnite astringent bosjemanite cation crystal dyeing graduate halotrichite impregnate kalinite medicine potassium salt solution steep sulphate tanning tervalent treat univalent websterite

Synonym Network

alumnus potash alum

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