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ROCK SALT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride
Synonyms:
halite; rock salt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rock salt" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))
Meronyms (substance of "rock salt"):
atomic number 11; Na; sodium (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))
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