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

The main ingredients are powdered iron and table salt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

I also feel entirely at liberty with the table salt.

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

The researchers also made it clear the study does not promote salt intake, but rather adding the necessary amount of folic acid to the table salt that residents of these regions are already consuming.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

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