salt
/sɔlt//sɒlt//sɑlt/noun
Definitions
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
A sailor (also old salt).
verb
Definitions
To add salt to.
Example: to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter
To deposit salt as a saline solution.
Example: The brine begins to salt.
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
adjective
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Salty; salted.
Example: salt beef; salt tears
Saline.
Example: a salt marsh; salt grass
Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
Example: The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.
Bitter; sharp; pungent.