common salt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common salt
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Yes, says Dr. Dublin�in the same way as common salt, oxygen and water, which "can kill you if you get too much of them."
From Time Magazine Archive
The new process, announced by Chemical Engineers Arthur Warren Hixson and Alvan Howard Tenney of Columbia University: sulfur, through burning and catalysis, is changed to sulfur trioxide gas which is then infiltrated through common salt.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is nothing like common salt for the common cold, says Dr. Harry Adler of Elmira, N.Y.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since common salt contains sodium, the prospect immediately arose of injecting harmless but radioactive saline solutions into the human body as a cancer remedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this form of cell, the electrolyte which surrounds the zinc is either magnesium sulphate or common salt.
From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah
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