Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun white_vitriol

1 sense of white vitriol

Sense 1
zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol -- (a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc)
       => sulfate, sulphate -- (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)