alum
noun/ˈæləm/
/ˈæləm/
[uncountable]- a substance formed from aluminium and another metal, used, for example, to prepare leather and to change the colour of thingsWord Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin alumen, alumin- related to aluta ‘a kind of leather’.
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