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

The main ingredients are powdered iron and table salt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Sodium is naturally found in food, and people who eat a Western diet tend to add quite a bit extra to their meals in the form of table salt too.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2025

At the Will Rogers State Beach site, workers submerged the recovered batteries in a brine solution made of table salt and baking soda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

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