"rock salt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rock salts [plural], rocksalt [alternative]
Etymology: From rock + salt. Etymology templates: {{com|en|rock|salt}} rock + salt Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rock salt (countable and uncountable, plural rock salts)
  1. (mineralogy) The mineral halite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (mineral): каменна сол (kamenna sol) [feminine] (Bulgarian), steinsalt [neuter] (Faroese), vuorisuola (Finnish), sal xema [feminine] (Galician), Steinsalz [neuter] (German), Halit [neuter] (German), kősó (Hungarian), sól kamienna [feminine] (Polish), sare gemă [feminine] (Romanian), asing-bato (Tagalog), రాతి ఉప్పు (rāti uppu) (Telugu), kaya tuzu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rock_salt-en-noun-zGb6lFQj Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'mineral': 95 5
  2. Coarsely ground common salt, often used as road salt, as feedstock, or for other applications. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: saltstone Translations (coarsely ground salt): едра сол (edra sol) [feminine] (Bulgarian), karkea suola (Finnish), കല്ലുപ്പ് (kalluppŭ) (Malayalam), sól kamienna [feminine] (Polish), asing-bato (Tagalog), kaya tuzu (Turkish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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