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Definition of rock salt in English English dictionary
- The mineral halite
- Coarsely ground common salt
- Rock salt is salt that is formed in the ground. It is obtained by mining. a type of salt which is obtained from under the ground
- halite
- rocksalt
- Alternative spelling of rock salt
- rocksalt
- {n} a hard salt, mineral salt
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Hyphenation
rock SALTTurkish pronunciation
räk sôltPronunciation
/ˈräk ˈsôlt/ /ˈrɑːk ˈsɔːlt/
Etymology
[ 'räk ] (verb.) 12th century. Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian; akin to Old High German rucken to cause to move.Resimler
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