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Sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- Near-synonyms: common salt, salt (broad sense), NaCl, kosher salt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common salt, salt[Appendix:Glossary, mul:NaCl, kosher salt
Antonyms: none provided
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: salt, common salt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
готва́рска сол
(gotvárska sol)
— salt to season food
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Chinese Cantonese:
餐桌鹽 /餐桌盐
(caan1 zoek3 jim4)
— salt to season food
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Chinese Mandarin:
食鹽 /食盐
(shíyán)
— salt to season food
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Chinese Mandarin:
精鹽 /精盐
(jīngyán)
— salt to season food
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Danish:
bordsalt
— salt to season food
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Dutch:
tafelzout
— salt to season food
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Dutch:
keukenzout
— salt to season food
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Esperanto:
tabla salo
— salt to season food
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Estonian:
keedusool
— salt to season food
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Estonian:
lauasool
— salt to season food
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Finnish:
ruokasuola
— salt to season food
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Finnish:
pöytäsuola
— salt to season food
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Finnish:
keittosuola
— salt to season food
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French:
sel de table
— salt to season food
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French:
sel
— salt to season food
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German:
Kochsalz
— salt to season food
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German:
Tafelsalz
— salt to season food
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German:
Speisesalz
— salt to season food
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Hungarian:
konyhasó
— salt to season food
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Indonesian:
garam dapur
— salt to season food
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Irish:
salann mín
— salt to season food
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Japanese:
食塩
(shokuen)
— salt to season food
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Korean:
소금
(sogeum)
— salt to season food
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Malayalam:
കറിയുപ്പ്
(kaṟiyuppŭ)
— salt to season food
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Manx:
sollan meen
— salt to season food
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bordsalt
— salt to season food
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
bordsalt
— salt to season food
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Polish:
sól kuchenna
— salt to season food
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Portuguese:
sal de cozinha
— salt to season food
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Portuguese:
sal comum
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
ਲੂਣ
(lūṇ)
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
ਨੂਣ
(nūṇ)
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
ਨਮਕ
(namak)
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
لُوݨ
(lūṇ)
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
نُوݨ
(nūṇ)
— salt to season food
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Punjabi:
نَمَک
(namak)
— salt to season food
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Russian:
столова́я соль
(stolovája solʹ)
— salt to season food
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Russian:
пова́ренная соль
(povárennaja solʹ)
— salt to season food
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Sicilian:
sali di cucina
— salt to season food
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Slovak:
kuchynská soľ
— salt to season food
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Slovak:
jedlá soľ
— salt to season food
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Spanish:
sal de cocina
— salt to season food
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Spanish:
sal común
— salt to season food
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Spanish:
sal de mesa
— salt to season food
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Swedish:
bordsalt
— salt to season food
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Swedish:
bordssalt
— salt to season food
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Swedish:
koksalt
— salt to season food
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Thai:
เกลือแกง
(glʉʉa-gɛɛng)
— salt to season food
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Ukrainian:
столова́ сіль
(stolová silʹ)
— salt to season food
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Urdu:
نَمَک
(namak)
— salt to season food
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Urdu:
لون
(lon)
— salt to season food
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Urdu:
لُون
(lūn)
— salt to season food
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Urdu:
نون
(non)
— salt to season food
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Urdu:
مِلْح
(milh)
— salt to season food
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Vietnamese:
muối ăn
— salt to season food
