alum
Meaning of alum
noun
a colourless astringent compound which is a hydrated double sulphate of aluminium and potassium, used in solution in dyeing and tanning.
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin alumen, alumin- related to aluta ‘tawed leather’.
noun- a former pupil or student of a school, college, or university; an alumnus or alumna.
a fellow Wellesley alum
late 19th century: abbreviation of alumnus or alumna.
Information about alum
- It is a name.
- The plural form of alum is: alums.
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CatalanHyphenation of alum
alum
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- alum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
alum synonyms
Meaning alumnus:
alumnus, alumna, graduate, grad
Anagrams of alum
Words that rhyme with alum
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