How to Use table salt in a Sentence

table salt

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  • For a dry ink stain, rub in table salt and dribble lemon juice over the salt.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Bring a quart of water and 2 teaspoons of fine sea or table salt to a rolling boil over high heat.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • The saltiness is less like table salt and more like briny ocean water.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 4 June 2018
  • Mix ½ cup baking soda with ¼ cup table salt and pour it down the drain.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 21 Nov. 2022
  • To try this at home, mix half a teaspoon of table salt with eight ounces of warm water.
    — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 20 July 2023
  • The use of Kosher (or some other large-grain) salt versus table salt is not.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2023
  • As a result, only 53% of table salt sold in the United States is iodized.
    — Mary Shomon, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The main varieties of salts are table salt, kosher, Himalayan pink and sea salt.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2022
  • Imagine a substance so potent that a few specks — the size of a few granules of table salt — can kill you.
    — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Just two milligrams of fentanyl – about the size of 10-15 grains of table salt – is considered a lethal dose.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Stop cooking with table salt and use kosher, sea or Himalayan salts.
    — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
  • And most recipes these days are written for Kosher salt which — due to the size and shape of the crystals — pack less into a spoonful than table salt.
    — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Mix water and table salt together to form a thick paste.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2019
  • Most road salts are made from sodium chloride, which is the same chemical found in table salt.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Consider this, then: A teaspoon of table salt weighs about 6 grams.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Simply empty your jar of eggs on a saucer and sprinkle lightly with table salt.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Microplastics shed by clothes and tires have been found in beer, honey, table salt and other food items.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
  • And a recent study found the presence of table salt on Europa earlier this year.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • For a more natural approach, sprinkle table salt to absorb spills and wipe it up with a damp sponge or cloth once the oven is cool.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2018
  • As for salting your food, one teaspoon of table salt contains 2,300 mg of sodium.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • And, since most of us get enough iodine already from eating fish, dairy, and iodized table salt, this is a worthwhile concern.
    — Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Measured by the teaspoon, these big, crisp pieces tend to be less salty in taste than kosher or table salt because of their larger volume.
    — Becca Miller, Women's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But the benefits and risks of sodium for sea salt and table salt, or other types of salt, are essentially the same.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Plain old table salt and cold water do really well getting blood out of clothes.
    — Jolie Kerr, Teen Vogue, 17 July 2018
  • Fine sea salt or table salt can be substituted for black salt.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The pesticide-free kit uses sodium chloride — the same chemical as table salt — and claims to kill both adult lice and nits, the tiny eggs.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2018
  • If using coconut aminos, which are sweeter, add 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt, or more to taste.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
  • This rock salt is similar to table salt, made up of sodium and chloride, but coarser.
    — Jamie Summers, Philly.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Gupta, who was not involved in the study, said the salt substitute helped by lowering the amount of table salt, sodium chloride, consumed daily and adding in potassium.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Sodium chloride – chlorine plus sodium – is table salt.
    — Emma Penrod, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023

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