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sodium chloride

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
sodi-um chlo-ride
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

Uncountable

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Usage

Inflected Forms

sodium chlorides (plural)

Synonyms

mul:NaCl muriate of soda table salt salt common salt

Questions

What does sodium chloride mean?
Common table salt, a compound composed of equal number of sodium and chlorine atoms. Chemical formula NaCl.

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