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HALITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride

Synonyms:

halite; rock salt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("halite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))

Meronyms (substance of "halite"):

atomic number 11; Na; sodium (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))

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