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English noun: sodium

1. sodium (substance) 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)


Synonymsatomic number 11, Na


Broader (hypernym)metal, metallic element


Substance meronymbrine, halite, rock salt, saltwater, seawater









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