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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt. countable, uncountable

   "The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen."

2. 2
   naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride wordnet
3. 3
   An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

halogenitemuriate of sodarock salt

Example

More examples

"The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), + -ite.

Related phrases

rock saltsodium chloride

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