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Origin of common salt

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby common salt

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How to use common salt in a sentence

And phosphate of lime is also taken up by water containing carbonic acid, or even common salt in solution.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Two ounces of raw sugar must be mixed with an ounce of common salt and half a spoonful of saltpetre.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, Issue 372, Saturday, May 30, 1829|Various
I use a moderate quantity of common salt on meat and potatoes, because there seems to be a natural craving for this.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
These combined in precise proportions are supposed to evaporate in the baking, and leave common salt.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various

The marine acid is procured from common salt by the vitriolic acid, which unites with its base, the fossil alkali.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry|Joseph Priestley

Scientific definitions for common salt

common salt

See salt.