table salt

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noun

salt¹ (def. 1).

Origin of table salt

First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use table salt in a sentence

For a dry ink stain, rub in table salt and dribble lemon juice over the salt.
Hints From Heloise: To clean glass, try car wax | Heloise Heloise | October 8, 2021 | Washington Post
Sodium, one of the key ingredients in table salt, regulates blood flow and pressure, and helps transmit messages between nerves and muscle fibers.
What happens if you eat too much salt? | Alexandra Ossola | August 23, 2021 | Popular-Science
Chloride, the other chemical in table salt, aids in digestion.
What happens if you eat too much salt? | Alexandra Ossola | August 23, 2021 | Popular-Science
The most well-known example of an ionic compound is table salt.
Explainer: Ions and radicals in our world | Adrian Dingle | August 18, 2021 | Science News For Students
The Pfizer vaccine contains four salts, one of which is ordinary table salt.
What are the ingredients of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine? | Konstantin Kakaes | December 9, 2020 | MIT Technology Review

I suppose it was common table salt, but, whatever it was, the notion remained with me that it would be a help to the man.
A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler Harris
As found in the food, they are not in the form of mineral salts, like common table salt.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. Sadler
Sodium chloride (table salt), an important part of the blood, is taken in as a flavoring upon our meats and vegetables.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
Allow all soups and stews to boil two hours before seasoning, and use only the best table salt and white (or black) pepper.
Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)
If it has dried in, rub table-salt upon it, and drop lemon-juice upon the salt.
The American Frugal Housewife | Lydia M. Child

British Dictionary definitions for table salt

table salt

noun

salt that is used at table rather than for cooking

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Scientific definitions for table salt

table salt

[ tā′bəl ]

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