sea salt

noun

Salt prepared by evaporating seawater.

“I always keep a tin of sea salt in the pantry.”

Similar
rock salt
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Meanings

nounsea salt (countable and uncountable, plural sea salts)

plural sea salts

  1. countableuncountableSalt prepared by evaporating seawater.

    I always keep a tin of sea salt in the pantry.

    Synonyms: rock salt

  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea, salt: salt in the sea.

    This is a saltwater fish. It needs ambient sea salt to survive.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSalt prepared by evaporating seawater.

Similar
rock salt
Also see
kitchen saltrock salt

Translations

Bulgarian морска сол
  • морска сол (morska sol)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Chinese Mandarin 海鹽 /海盐
  • 海鹽 /海盐 (hǎiyán)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Danish havsalt
  • havsaltsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Dutch zeezout
  • zeezoutsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Esperanto mara salo, marsalo
  • mara salosalt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • marsalosalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Finnish merisuola
  • merisuolasalt prepared by evaporating sea water
French sel marin
  • sel marinsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
German Meersalz
  • Meersalzsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Hebrew מלח ים
  • מלח ים (melakh yam)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Hungarian tengeri só
  • tengeri sósalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Indonesian garam, garam laut
  • garamsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • garam lautsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Irish salann sáile
  • salann sáilesalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Italian sale marino
  • sale marinosalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Korean 천일염
  • 천일염 (cheoniryeom)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Norwegian Bokmål havsalt, sjøsalt
  • havsaltsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • sjøsaltsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Polish sól morska
  • sól morskasalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Russian морска́я соль
  • морска́я соль (morskája solʹ)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Swedish havssalt
  • havssaltsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Turkish deniz tuzu
  • deniz tuzusalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Ukrainian морська́ сіль
  • морська́ сіль (morsʹká silʹ)salt prepared by evaporating sea water
Vietnamese muối biển
  • muối biểnsalt prepared by evaporating sea water
Cite this entry
APA

sea salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20salt

MLA

“sea salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20salt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea salt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20salt.

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