COMMON SALT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common salt mean? 

• COMMON SALT (noun)
  The noun COMMON SALT has 2 senses:

1. a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)

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

  Familiarity information: COMMON SALT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON SALT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

common salt; sodium chloride

Hypernyms ("common salt" is a kind of...):

binary compound (chemical compound composed of only two elements)

Meronyms (substance of "common salt"):

atomic number 17; chlorine; Cl (a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common salt"):

halite; rock salt (naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride)

Holonyms ("common salt" is a substance of...):

brine; saltwater; seawater (water containing salts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

common salt; salt; table salt

Hypernyms ("common salt" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

 Context examples 

A thermometric scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit, on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt.

(Fahrenheit Scale, NCI Thesaurus)