Ice cream-making supply

• Highway department supply
• Ice-melting aid
• Salt
• Cubic crystals with perfect cleavage
• Soft, white mineral
• Native salt

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: rock salt ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halite \Ha"lite\ (h[=a]"l[imac]t or h[a^]l"[imac]t), n. [Gr. "a`ls salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Halite , commonly known as rock salt , is a type of salt , the mineral form of sodium chloride ( Na Cl ). Halite forms isometric crystals . The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rock-salt," 1868, coined as Modern Latin halites (Glocker, 1847), from Greek hals "salt" (see halo- ) + chemical noun suffix -ite (2).