Definition of table salt Table salt

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What does table salt mean?

Noun
table salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
		salt, common salt
		flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

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table salt (Noun)
sodium 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.

Table salt, often called "cooking salt" or just "salt" is widely used in cooking to add flavor to food.

It is a compound (mixture) of two chemical elements, "sodium" (symbol: Na) and "chlorine" (Cl). This is why it has the chemical name "sodium chloride" (symbol: NaCl).

In history, salt was very expensive, and was used to preserve food from going bad. It was even used as money in some places.

Sodium chloride is also special because its crystals are almost perfect cubes.

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