common saltnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkɒm.ən ˈsɒlt/us/ˌkɑː.mən ˈsɑːlt/sodium chloride: a substance used especially to make food taste better
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Additives in food & drinks
- additive
- baking powder
- baking soda
- bicarb
- bicarbonate of soda
- colouring
- cream of tartar
- creamer
- E number
- emulsifier
- extract
- flavor enhancer
- gelatine
- improver
- lecithin
- malt extract
- monosodium glutamate
- pectin
- stabilizer
- thickener
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Examples from literature
- Even a solution of common salt in the glass c could produce all these effects.
- Feed with bran mashes, plenty of common salt, and water.
- Of the inorganic constituents of sweat, common salt is the largest and most important.
- Saturate milk with Epsom salts, or common salt.
- We then took various substances—common salt, etc.—in which we knew sodium was present, and found the dumb-bell form in all.