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

Example Sentences

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table salt

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

Jerry Jones, the NFL’s premier mover and shaker, sprinkled table salt onto the rim of his beer can in his makeshift office at Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

The main ingredients are powdered iron and table salt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

One of the easiest ways to unleash the power of umami in dishes is to swap out table salt with soy sauce.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

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