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table salt

noun

: salt suitable for use at the table and in cooking

Examples of table salt in a Sentence

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Bulk bags of table salt and sugar were stored open on the bottom storage shelf by the warewashing machine. Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025 In a 2021 trial of 21,000 adults, replacing table salt with this mixture led to 14% fewer strokes and a 12% lower risk of premature death over about five years of follow-up. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025 Because of this, since the 1920s plain table salt in the US has been fortified to include more of the mineral. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 25 Nov. 2025 The Morton Salt Umbrella Girl and that slogan first appeared on the company’s blue packages of table salt in 1914. Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for table salt

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of table salt was in 1670

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“Table salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20salt. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

table salt

noun
: salt for use on food and in cooking

Medical Definition

table salt

noun
: salt and especially sodium chloride refined for use at the table and in cooking

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