sea salt

noun

table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.

Origin of sea salt

First recorded in 1595–1605

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How to use sea salt in a sentence

Some dried cranberries for tartness and a sprinkle of sea salt make these my all-time favorite cookies.
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Douse the whole thing with some olive oil and add Himalayan pink sea salt to taste.
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I was in a daze, still wearing clothes stiffened with evaporated sea salt.
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At my restaurant, I even serve raw octopus sashimi with just sea salt.
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Or you can buy chocolate sea salt and enhance your cocktails, salads, and desserts at home.
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That of nitre is a pointed oblong; that of sea-salt an exact cube; that of sugar a perfect globe.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
From chloride of sodium, which is nothing else than sea salt, Cyrus Harding easily extracted the soda and chlorine.
The Secret of the Island | W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
Alum, tartar, and solution of tin, render its colour more vivid; sea salt and sulphate of iron deepen its hue.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
On coming out of the bran, they are ready for the white stuff; which is a bath composed of alum and sea-salt.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
This sulphate ought to be white and uniform, exhibiting in its fracture no undecomposed sea-salt.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for sea salt

sea salt

noun

salt obtained by evaporation of sea water

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Scientific definitions for sea salt

sea salt

Salt that is produced by the evaporation of sea water and that contains sodium chloride and trace elements such as sulfur, magnesium, zinc, potassium, calcium, and iron.

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