Meaning & Definition of Salt in English
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Salt
/sɔlt/
noun
1. A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
synonym:
- salt
2. White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
synonym:
- salt,
- table salt,
- common salt
3. 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
synonym:
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks,
- SALT
4. The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
synonym:
- salt,
- saltiness,
- salinity
verb
1. Add salt to
synonym:
- salt
2. Sprinkle as if with salt
- "The rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
synonym:
- salt
3. Add zest or liveliness to
- "She salts her lectures with jokes"
synonym:
- salt
4. Preserve with salt
- "People used to salt meats on ships"
synonym:
- salt
adjective
1. (of speech) painful or bitter
- "Salt scorn"- shakespeare
- "A salt apology"
synonym:
- salt
Examples of using
Did you salt this?
I always take what Tom says with a grain of salt.
I like to swim in salt water.