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alum
alum is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2transitive verb
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
- 3noun
a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
- 4noun
a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- 5noun
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
- 6noun
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
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