Definition of Table salt

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

Exact synonyms: Common Salt, Salt
Generic synonyms: Flavorer, Flavoring, Flavourer, Flavouring, Seasoner, Seasoning
Derivative terms: Salt, Salt, Salty

Definition of Table salt

1. Noun. Sodium chloride, the salt most commonly used to season food at the table, usually used to distinguish from other compounds recognized as salts by chemists. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Table salt

1. Table salt, NaCL. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Salt

table football
table game
table knife
table lamp
table lamps
table lifting
table linen
table manners
table mat
table mountain
table mountains
table mustard
table napkin
table of contents
table rapping
table salt (current term)
table saw
table saws
table service
table soccer
table stakes
table talk
table tapping
table tennis
table tilting
table tipping
table turning
table wine
tableau

Literary usage of Table salt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"being about 2c pc The remaining portion of the table salt separates out, intermixed with the bitter salts of magnesium which form the chief admixture with ..."

2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"If sulphuric acid be poured over table salt, then even at the ordinary ... The reaction which takes place consists in the sodium of the table salt and the ..."

3. Technical Methods of Analysis as Employed in the Laboratories of Arthur D by Roger Castle Griffin, Arthur D. Little, Inc (1921)
"The latter should show only a few hundredths of 1% of NH2 when the concentrating still is running efficiently. table salt ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"The table-salt •passes through a very fine sieve, any coarse particles being extracted and shot out at the side of the machine. The salt, when it is in the ..."

5. The Brine and Salt Deposits of Michigan, Their Origin, Distribution and by Charles Wilford Cook (1914)
"2c table salt. In order to prepare the salt manufactured by the above processes, for human consumption further treatment is necessary. ..."

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