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road salt

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Salt used for deicing and anti-icing of roads. (Often rock salt or calcium chloride.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 融雪劑 /融雪剂 (róngxuějì) — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 道路融雪劑 /道路融雪剂 (dàolù róngxuějì) — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Dutch: strooizout — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Finnish: maantiesuola — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • German: Streusalz — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • German: Auftausalz — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • German: Tausalz — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: veisalt — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vegsalt — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vegsalt — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Swedish: vägsalt — deicing or anti-icing salt
  • Swedish: salt — deicing or anti-icing salt