sea salt
sea salt — noun
1. salt made by letting seawater dry up in the sun, often used to add flavour when
salt made by letting seawater dry up in the sun, often used to add flavour when cooking.
The chef sprinkled a little sea salt over the grilled fish before serving.
collocation: sprinkle sea salt over [food]
Takeshi prefers sea salt because it tastes cleaner than ordinary table salt.
contrast: sea salt vs table salt
Workers near the coast collect sea salt from shallow pools every summer.
Iris stirred a pinch of sea salt into the soup to bring out the flavour.
The small jar of sea salt on the table came from a farm in France.
- rock salt
mined from underground deposits rather than dried from seawater
- table salt
fine, refined salt for everyday seasoning; usually not from the sea
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Uncountable when meaning the substance itself; a measured amount is expressed with 'a pinch of', 'a teaspoon of', or 'some' sea salt rather than a plural.