Salt Meaning and Definition

Word: Salt

How to pronounce: sɔːlt

Noun

Definitions:

1. A white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food.Something that adds freshness or piquancy.A saltcellar.

Example sentences: "Add the braised chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper sauce."

2. Any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation.

Example sentences: "Amides are hydrolysed to ammonium salts with catalysis by acids or alkalis."

3. An experienced sailor.

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Impregnated with, treated with, or tasting of salt.

Example sentences: "Salt water"

2. (of a plant) growing on the coast or in salt marshes.

Example sentences: "The region is rich in salt plant communities and reed beds"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Season or preserve with salt.

Example sentences: "After stuffing the fish, I salted and peppered it"

2. Sprinkle (a road or path) with salt in order to melt snow or ice.

Example sentences: "Local authorities worked to improve travel conditions by gritting and salting roads"

3. Fraudulently make (a mine) appear to be a profitable one by placing rich ore into it.

Abbreviation

Definitions:

1. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

Synonyms:

saline

pickle

saltiness

salinity

saltwater

brackish

old salt

sea dog

savoury

savory

table salt

pickled

mariner

seafarer

Derivations:

salted

salty

saltish

salting

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Salt in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sal

German: Salz

French: Sel

Italian: Sale

Turkish: Tuz