common salt

American  

noun

1. salt.

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Etymology

Origin of common salt

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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

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

He uses turpentine, sulfuric acid, common salt, soda ash, aniline, sulfur.

From Time Magazine Archive

The body requires a certain amount of common salt.

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