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rock salt
noun
- common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rock salt1
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Example Sentences
Not to mention that East Coaster skaters had to deal with harsh winters and pavements with potholes, rock salt and sand.
Even the chandeliers casting a golden glow on many of the rooms are made from rock salt.
But I stand by my recommendation that the U.S. government “replenish its strategic reserves of rock salt without delay.”
Eventually the entire cavity is filled with salt, and a solid mass of rock salt remains.
Embedded in the Cambrian strata there are great deposits of rock salt at Kheora, where the Mayo mine is situated.
Rock-salt, which occurs in abundance, is possibly the most important mineral in this area.
Gypsum occurs in large quantities in association with the rock-salt of the Salt Range, but the local demand is small.
They are both known in commerce under the name of “bay-salt,” to distinguish them from the “rock-salt” of the mines.
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