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common salt

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Word History and Origins

Origin of common salt1

First recorded in 1670–80
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Example Sentences

The heads of several were severed; others were buried “in a pit with common salt” for decomposing.

The common salt is left behind and stored on the mining company’s property.

This step, called reverse osmosis, removes ions smaller than magnesium and sulphate, particularly the sodium and chloride ions that make up common salt and that give seawater its characteristic taste.

But until now, they couldn't be used to filter out common salts, which require even smaller sieves.

From BBC

When Davis exposed immune cells from six people with chronic fatigue syndrome to a stressor — a splash of common salt — the cube revealed that they couldn’t recover as well as cells from healthy people could.

From Nature

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