sodium chloride

noun

Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

“Near-synonyms: table salt, salt”

Similar
mul:NaClmuriate of sodatable saltsaltcommon salt
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Meanings

nounsodium chloride (usually uncountable, plural sodium chlorides)

plural sodium chlorides

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryCommon table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

    Near-synonyms: table salt, salt

    Synonyms: mul:NaCl, muriate of soda, table salt, salt

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCommon table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

Similar
mul:NaClmuriate of sodatable saltsalt

More synonyms by meaning

nouna white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)

Similar
common salt
Broader
binary compound
Also see
common saltmuriate of soda

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic كُلُورِيد الصُودِيُوم
  • كُلُورِيد الصُودِيُوم (kulūrīd aṣ-ṣūdiyūm)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Basque sodio kloruro
  • sodio klorurochemical term for table salt; NaCl
Bengali সোডিয়াম ক্লোরাইড
  • সোডিয়াম ক্লোরাইড (śōḍiẏam klōraiḍ)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Bulgarian на́триев хлори́д
  • на́триев хлори́д (nátriev hloríd)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Catalan clorur de sodi
  • clorur de sodichemical term for table salt; NaCl
Chinese Cantonese 氯化鈉 /氯化钠
  • 氯化鈉 /氯化钠 (luk⁶ faa³ naap⁶)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Chinese Mandarin 氯化鈉 /氯化钠
  • 氯化鈉 /氯化钠 (lǜhuànà)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Czech chlorid sodný
  • chlorid sodnýchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Danish natriumchlorid, køkkensalt
  • natriumchloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • køkkensaltchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Dutch natriumchloride
  • natriumchloridechemical term for table salt; NaCl
Esperanto natria klorido
  • natria kloridochemical term for table salt; NaCl
Estonian naatriumkloriid, keedusool
  • naatriumkloriidchemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • keedusoolchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Finnish natriumkloridi
  • natriumkloridichemical term for table salt; NaCl
French chlorure de sodium
  • chlorure de sodiumchemical term for table salt; NaCl
German Natriumchlorid
  • Natriumchloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Greek χλωριούχο νάτριο
  • χλωριούχο νάτριο (chlorioúcho nátrio)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Hindi सोडियम क्लोराइड
  • सोडियम क्लोराइड (soḍiyam klorāiḍ)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Hungarian nátrium-klorid
  • nátrium-kloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Icelandic natríumklóríð
  • natríumklóríðchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Indonesian natrium klorida
  • natrium kloridachemical term for table salt; NaCl
Irish clóiríd sóidiam
  • clóiríd sóidiamchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Italian cloruro di sodio
  • cloruro di sodiochemical term for table salt; NaCl
Japanese 塩化ナトリウム, 食塩
  • 塩化ナトリウム (enka-natoriumu)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • 食塩 (shokuen)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Korean 염화(鹽化) 나트륨, 식염
  • 염화(鹽化) 나트륨 (yeomhwa nateuryum)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • 식염 (sigyeom)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Latvian nātrija hlorīds
  • nātrija hlorīdschemical term for table salt; NaCl
Lithuanian natrio chloridas
  • natrio chloridaschemical term for table salt; NaCl
Malay natrium klorida
  • natrium kloridachemical term for table salt; NaCl
Norwegian Bokmål natriumklorid
  • natriumkloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Persian سدیم کلرید
  • سدیم کلریدchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Polish chlorek sodu
  • chlorek soduchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Portuguese cloreto de sódio
  • cloreto de sódiochemical term for table salt; NaCl
Punjabi ਸੋਡੀਅਮ ਕਲੋਰਾਈਡ
  • ਸੋਡੀਅਮ ਕਲੋਰਾਈਡ (soḍīama kalorāīḍa)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Romanian clorură de sodiu
  • clorură de sodiuchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Russian хлори́д на́трия
  • хлори́д на́трия (xloríd nátrija)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Slovak chlorid sodný
  • chlorid sodnýchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Spanish cloruro de sodio
  • cloruro de sodiochemical term for table salt; NaCl
Swedish natriumklorid, koksalt
  • natriumkloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
  • koksaltchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Tagalog sodyum klorad
  • sodyum kloradchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Tamil சோடியம் குளோரைடு
  • சோடியம் குளோரைடு (cōṭiyam kuḷōraiṭu)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Thai โซเดียมคลอไรด์
  • โซเดียมคลอไรด์chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Turkish sodyum klorür
  • sodyum klorürchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Ukrainian хлорид натрію
  • хлорид натрію (xloryd natriju)chemical term for table salt; NaCl
Urdu سوڈیم کلورائڈ
  • سوڈیم کلورائڈchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Welsh sodiwm clorid
  • sodiwm cloridchemical term for table salt; NaCl
Cite this entry
APA

sodium chloride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodium%20chloride

MLA

“sodium chloride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodium%20chloride. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sodium chloride,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sodium%20chloride.

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