rock salt
common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
Origin of rock salt
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How to use rock salt in a sentence
Even the chandeliers casting a golden glow on many of the rooms are made from rock salt.
Wieliczka Salt Mine Is an Incredible Polish Underground Amusement Park | Nina Strochlic | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I stand by my recommendation that the U.S. government “replenish its strategic reserves of rock salt without delay.”
Eventually the entire cavity is filled with salt, and a solid mass of rock salt remains.
Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. | John Uri LloydEmbedded in the Cambrian strata there are great deposits of rock salt at Kheora, where the Mayo mine is situated.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieRock-salt, which occurs in abundance, is possibly the most important mineral in this area.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone Douie
Gypsum occurs in large quantities in association with the rock-salt of the Salt Range, but the local demand is small.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir | Sir James McCrone DouieThey are both known in commerce under the name of “bay-salt,” to distinguish them from the “rock-salt” of the mines.
The Desert Home | Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for rock salt
another name for halite
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