HyperDic: rock_salt

English > 1 sense of the expression rock salt:
NOUNsubstancerock salt, halitenaturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride
English > rock salt: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningnaturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.
Synonymhalite
BroadermineralSolid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
sodium chloride, common saltA white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
Substancessodium, Na, atomic number 11A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group
Spanishhalita, sal de roca, sal gema
Catalanhalita, sal de roca

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