ROCK SALT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock salt mean? 

• ROCK SALT (noun)
  The noun ROCK SALT has 1 sense:

1. naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride

  Familiarity information: ROCK SALT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCK SALT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

halite; rock salt

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))

Meronyms (substance of "rock salt"):

atomic number 11; Na; sodium (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))