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Salt
see synonyms of saltNoun
1. salt
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
2. common salt, salt, table salt
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
3. salt, strategic arms limitation talks
negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
Verb
5. salt
add salt to
6. salt
sprinkle as if with salt
Example Sentences:'the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps'
7. salt
add zest or liveliness to
Example Sentences:'She salts her lectures with jokes'
8. salt
preserve with salt
Example Sentences:'people used to salt meats on ships'
Adjective
9. salt
(of speech) painful or bitter
Example Sentences:'salt scorn''a salt apology'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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