Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.

    Near-synonyms: common salt, salt (broad sense), NaCl, kosher salt

    Kochsalz, Tafelsalz, Speisesalz

    столова́я сольstolovája solʹ, пова́ренная сольpovárennaja solʹ

    столова́ сільstolová silʹ

    white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Table salt is composed of sodium and chlorine atoms.

    ruПоваренная соль состоит из атомов натрия и хлора. — Selena777

    deKochsalz besteht aus Natrium- und Chloratomen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Table salt, primarily composed of sodium chloride, can be used both to season and to preserve food.

  3. When you mix hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide, you get water and table salt. I wonder if it'd be safe to drink?

    ruЕсли смешать соляную кислоту и гидроксид натрия, получится вода и поваренная соль. Интересно, безопасно было бы её пить? — Ooneykcall

    deWenn man Salzsäure mit Natriumhydroxid mischt, bekommt man Wasser und Kochsalz. Ob man das wohl bedenkenlos trinken könnte? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The inner surface of the table held salt, pepper, grated cheese and breadsticks, matching cruets of pale olive oil and dark vinegar.

  5. If you mix hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide, you get water and table salt. Could you drink that without a second thought?

    deWenn man Salzsäure mit Natriumhydroxid mischt, bekommt man Wasser und Kochsalz. Ob man das wohl bedenkenlos trinken könnte? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
salt to season food:
Русский
By meaning 1
salt to season food:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
salt to season food:

Forms

plural: table salts
Singulartable salt

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
common saltkosher saltsalt[Appendix:Glossarymul:NaCl
Close in meaning
  • white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food:saltcommon salt

Word family

2 related words

See also

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