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Both table salt and sea salt share a similar makeup, containing roughly 40 percent sodium by weight.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Typically, the whitest in color is used as table salt, the pink salt is for cooking and the red is used in rituals and blessings, but that could vary depending on the circumstance and the cultural or spiritual context.
—Deepa Bharath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
However, the iodine content in table salt can sometimes give it a metallic taste.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 17 Sep. 2024
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Fentanyl, a synthetic drug, is so deadly that just 2 milligrams, equal to about 10 to 15 grains of table salt, is enough to kill somebody, according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1670, in the meaning defined above
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“Table salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20salt. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
table salt
noun
: salt for use on food and in cooking
Medical Definition
table salt
noun
: salt and especially sodium chloride refined for use at the table and in cooking
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