simple salt

American  

[sim-puhl sawlt] / ˈsɪm pəl ˈsɔlt /

noun

1. Chemistry. a salt formed by the neutralizing effect of an acid reacting with a base, a prime example of which is sodium chloride (NaCl), or common table salt.

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simple salt Scientific  

1. A salt in which no hydrogen or hydroxyl (OH) ion is replaced by a metallic ion. Sodium chloride (NaCl) is a simple salt.

2. Compare complex salt double salt

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Example Sentences

Some reefs are mere fringes which simply skirt the coast lands, and seem to be mere extensions of the beach.

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal