Phrase guide

sea salt

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Salt prepared by evaporating seawater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I always keep a tin of sea salt in the pantry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rock salt

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea, salt: salt in the sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This is a saltwater fish. It needs ambient sea salt to survive.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: морска сол (morska sol) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Burmese: ပင်လယ်ဆား (panglaihca:) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海鹽 /海盐 (hǎiyán) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Danish: havsalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Dutch: zeezout — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Esperanto: mara salo — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Esperanto: marsalo — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Finnish: merisuola — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • French: sel marin — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • German: Meersalz — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Hebrew: מלח ים (melakh yam) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Hungarian: tengeri só — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Indonesian: garam — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Indonesian: garam laut — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Irish: salann sáile — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Italian: sale marino — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Korean: 천일염 (cheoniryeom) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Macedonian: морска сол (morska sol) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havsalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøsalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: havsalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøsalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Polish: sól morska — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Russian: морска́я соль (morskája solʹ) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Swedish: havssalt — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Tibetan: རྒྱམ་ཚྭ (rgyam tshwa) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Turkish: deniz tuzu — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Ukrainian: морська́ сіль (morsʹká silʹ) — salt prepared by evaporating sea water
  • Vietnamese: muối biển — salt prepared by evaporating sea water