common salt

noun

1. salt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of common salt¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The heads of several were severed; others were buried “in a pit with common salt” for decomposing.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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