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Salt

/sɔlt/

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.

📖 Definitions of "Salt"

noun
  1. 1

    A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.

  2. 2

    One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

  3. 3

    A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.

  4. 4

    A sailor (also old salt).

verb
  1. 1

    To add salt to.

    "to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter"

  2. 2

    To deposit salt as a saline solution.

    "The brine begins to salt."

  3. 3

    To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

  4. 4

    To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.

adjective
  1. 1

    Salty; salted.

    "salt beef;  salt tears"

  2. 2

    Saline.

    "a salt marsh;  salt grass"

  3. 3

    Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.

    "The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure."

  4. 4

    Bitter; sharp; pungent.

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