"smelling salt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smelling salts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smelling salt (plural smelling salts)
  1. (usually in the plural) ammonium carbonate, sometimes with added perfume, that is inhaled as a mild irritant to the mucous membranes, to help restore consciousness. Tags: plural-normally Translations (ammonium carbonate when used to restore consciousness): vlugsout (Afrikaans), lugtesalt [neuter] (Danish), vlugzout [neuter] (Dutch), hajusuola (Finnish), sels [masculine, plural] (French), Riechsalz [neuter] (German), repülősó (Hungarian), luktsalt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sole trzeźwiące [plural] (Polish), ню́хательная соль (njúxatelʹnaja solʹ) [feminine] (Russian), luktsalt [neuter] (Swedish)
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  2. Any material used in this way.
    Sense id: en-smelling_salt-en-noun-GGxbwjte

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