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halite

/ˈhæl.aɪt/

halite noun: native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.

halite: native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt
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Noun

halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

  1. Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
    • The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen.2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 189
  2. An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

halite meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

halite in Tamil

பாறை உப்பு, கல்லுப்பு

halite in Malayalam

NaCl
ഹാലൈറ്റ് hālaiṟṟŭ

Synonyms of halite

Forms of halite

pluralhalites

Origin of halite

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), + -ite.

Words formed from halite

Questions about halite

What does halite mean?
Halite means native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
What is halite in Tamil?
Halite in Tamil is பாறை உப்பு, கல்லுப்பு. See Halite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is halite?
Halite is a noun.
How do you pronounce halite?
Halite is pronounced /ˈhæl.aɪt/.
What is the plural of halite?
The plural of halite is halites.

Words near halite in the dictionary

  1. halirift
  2. halirifts
  3. halisaurine
  4. halisaurines
  5. halistatic
  6. halite
  7. halites
  8. halitic
  9. halitophobia
  10. halitoses
  11. halitosis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: halite (page history and authors); halite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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