How do you use Alum in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like aluminum or aluminium, plus the exact meaning.
Alum in a sentence
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Alum meaning
- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
- Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
Synonyms of Alum
Using Alum
- The main meaning on this page is: An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O). | Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
- Useful related words include: aluminum, aluminium, al, atomic number 13.
- In the example corpus, alum often appears in combinations such as: the alum, alum and, an alum.
Context around Alum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alum
- In this selection, "alum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, school, citation, potassium, block, deshawn and wynton stand out and add context to how "alum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a caesium alum it neither and aaa cyclones alum brandon montour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alum" sits close to words such as belle, boone and captains, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bachelor alum Kelley Flanagan is introducing her new beau. (9 words)
Especially an alum after watching his school win a singular game a year ago. (14 words)
Coming out of the latest episode, “I’d say it’s left pretty open-ended,” alum Goo says. (18 words)
Back in June, not long after Ramaswamy had surfed into the news cycle for a press conference outside the Miami courthouse in support of Trump, I asked him what he had learned, if anything, from his fellow Harvard IOP alum Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign. (44 words)
Cowell responded to say "No, I'm not being the Grinch!" while Sofia Vergara grinned at Heidi Klum, in a fun follow-up to the alum having Klum's back when she was self-conscious about her glasses last week. (40 words)
It is now allowed to stand for some time, decanted from any sediment, and finally mixed with the calculated quantity of potassium sulfate, well agitated, and the alum is thrown down as a finely divided precipitate of alum meal. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cosmetic An alum block sold as an astringent in pharmacies in India (where it is widely known as Fitkari ) citation * Alum in block form (usually potassium alum ) can be used as a blood coagulant.
Iowa Cubs 5 Saint Paul Saints 1 2 local San Diego Athletes made headlines in this ballgame as Helix alum DeShawn Keirsey and Rancho Bernardo alum Wynton Bernard each contributed with a single.
It is now allowed to stand for some time, decanted from any sediment, and finally mixed with the calculated quantity of potassium sulfate, well agitated, and the alum is thrown down as a finely divided precipitate of alum meal.
This rule was first stated by Locke in 1902, citation who found that if a trivalent metal does not form a caesium alum, it neither will form an alum with any other alkali metal or with ammonium.
After worship ended, we had Houghton Alum Katie Allen (20’) come from Asbury Seminary to tell us about the Asbury Revival.
A proud Cathedral High School alum, Carol valued loyalty and had a passion for her family, favorite TV shows, and pets, she dappled in ceramic making and painting.
As a junior, he teamed up with 1986 alum and current Grassroots Youth Mentoring CEO to form one of the metro area’s top backcourts.
Aside from the project on Friday, March 10, the "Hannah Montana" alum unleashed "River" visuals which sees her letting loose.
As Monsters and Critics reported last month, Teen Mom OG alum allowed her daughter, Sophia, to get several facial piercings for her 14th birthday.
At the Nov. 1 meeting, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steven Blake, a Barrington High school alum, was honored as part of Veterans Day tributes.
Bachelor alum Kelley Flanagan is introducing her new beau.
Back in June, not long after Ramaswamy had surfed into the news cycle for a press conference outside the Miami courthouse in support of Trump, I asked him what he had learned, if anything, from his fellow Harvard IOP alum Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign.
Chatham-Kent AAA Cyclones alum Brandon Montour of the Florida Panthers is eighth in scoring among NHL defencemen with a career-high 41 points in 48 games.
Coming out of the latest episode, “I’d say it’s left pretty open-ended,” alum Goo says.
Cowell responded to say "No, I'm not being the Grinch!" while Sofia Vergara grinned at Heidi Klum, in a fun follow-up to the alum having Klum's back when she was self-conscious about her glasses last week.
Dancing With The Stars alum styled her brunette tresses in a combed-back wet-looks with a side part and opted for glamorous makeup and hoop earrings.
Especially an alum after watching his school win a singular game a year ago.
For ‘ alum posed in her swimsuit, with a pair of sunglasses shading her eyes from the bright sun.
Former 90 Day Fiancé star Karine Martins was dating Bachelorette alum Josh Seiter in 2020, briefly after her split with husband, Paul Staehle.
Four years since Game of Thrones wrapped up its eight-season run, series alum Kit Harington is officially returning to HBO.
Common combinations with alum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the alum 15×
- alum and 13×
- an alum 10×
- alum of 8×
- alum is 7×
- alum who 7×
- school alum 6×
- alum was 6×
- alum rock 6×
- alum has 6×