common salt

American  

noun

1. salt.

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Etymology

Origin of common salt

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The common salt is left behind and stored on the mining company’s property.

From New York Times

This step, called reverse osmosis, removes ions smaller than magnesium and sulphate, particularly the sodium and chloride ions that make up common salt and that give seawater its characteristic taste.

From Economist

But until now, they couldn't be used to filter out common salts, which require even smaller sieves.

From BBC

When Davis exposed immune cells from six people with chronic fatigue syndrome to a stressor — a splash of common salt — the cube revealed that they couldn’t recover as well as cells from healthy people could.

From Nature

Sodium is widely available in nature, and is familiar as part of the compound sodium chloride, or common salt.

From Washington Times