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table salt

table salt noun: sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.

table salt: sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season...
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Noun

table salt (usually uncountable, plural table salts)

  1. (usually) Sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.
    • Near-synonyms: common salt, salt (broad sense), NaCl, kosher salt
    Synonyms:
    common salt, salt[Appendix:Glossary, kosher salt

table salt meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

table salt in Tamil

உணவு உப்பு

table salt in Urdu

salt to season food
نَمَک namak, لون lon, لُون lūn, نون non, مِلْح milh

table salt in Malayalam

salt to season food
കറിയുപ്പ് kaṟiyuppŭ

table salt in Punjabi

salt to season food
ਲੂਣ lūṇ, ਨੂਣ nūṇ, ਨਮਕ namak, لُوݨ lūṇ, نُوݨ nūṇ, نَمَک namak
More languagesFewer languages
table salt in Indonesian
garam dapur
table salt in Thai
เกลือแกง glʉʉa-gɛɛng
table salt in Vietnamese
muối ăn

Synonyms of table salt

Forms of table salt

pluraltable salts

Questions about table salt

What does table salt mean?
Table salt means sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.
What is table salt in Tamil?
Table salt in Tamil is உணவு உப்பு. See Table salt meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is table salt?
Table salt is a noun.
What is the plural of table salt?
The plural of table salt is table salts.

Words near table salt in the dictionary

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  2. table plans
  3. table rapping
  4. table rappings
  5. table read
  6. table salt
  7. table salts
  8. table sauce
  9. table sauces
  10. table saw
  11. table saws

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