common salt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common salt
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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Sodium and chloride are the two main charged components of common salt.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
De Quervain of Switzerland retold the well-known prophylactic use of iodine in common salt against goitre.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Electric recently developed a tank that uses common salt to store for long periods heat collected by solar panels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Interspersed among these rich rare offerings is the common salt of ingenious inventions, pleasant practical devices which immediately add to the flavor of everyday life.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mineral ingredients may be chalk, gypsum, common salt, and different other compounds but it is the earthy salts generally which impress peculiar qualities on the water.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
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