Meanings
- uncountableOrdinary salt (sodium chloride or any mineral product chiefly composed of it).
Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt, muriate of soda
Synonyms: salt[Appendix:Glossary, table salt, rock salt, road salt, muriate of soda
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOrdinary salt (sodium chloride or any mineral product chiefly composed of it).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
nounwhite crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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common salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20salt
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