rock salt

See also: rocksalt

English

Alternative forms

rocksalt

Etymology

From rock +‎ salt.

Noun

rock salt (countable and uncountable, plural rock salts)

(mineralogy) The mineral halite.
Coarsely ground common salt.

Translations

mineral

Bulgarian: каменна сол f (kamenna sol)
Faroese: steinsalt n
Finnish: vuorisuola (fi)
Galician: sal xema (gl) f
German: Steinsalz (de) n, Halit n
Polish: sól kamienna (pl) f
Romanian: sare gemă (ro) f
Tagalog: asing-bato
Telugu: రాతి ఉప్పు (te) (rāti uppu)
Turkish: kaya tuzu (tr)

coarsely ground salt

Bulgarian: едра сол f (edra sol)
Finnish: karkea suola
Malayalam: കല്ലുപ്പ് (ml) (kalluppŭ)
Polish: sól kamienna (pl) f
Tagalog: asing-bato
Turkish: kaya tuzu (tr)

See also

saltstone

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