table salt

American  

noun

1. salt.

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table salt British  

noun

1. salt that is used at table rather than for cooking

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Etymology

Origin of table salt

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

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table salt

According to the Mayo Clinic, sea salt is frequently promoted as being healthier, with less sodium than table salt, but in fact they have “the same basic nutritional value.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sodium-ion batteries made using the same stuff found in ordinary table salt could reduce China dependency in the fast-growing energy-storage business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

It weighs less than a tiny fragment of a grain of table salt.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

I also feel entirely at liberty with the table salt.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2025

Ahead of them lay an island—a line of sand so white, it might have been pure table salt.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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