• Noun

    a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
    table salt mixed with a particular herb or seasoning for which it is named
    garlic salt; celery salt.
    Chemistry . any of a class of compounds formed by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms of an acid with elements or groups, which are composed of anions and cations, and which usually ionize in solution; a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base.
    salts, any of various salts used as purgatives, as Epsom salts.
    an element that gives liveliness, piquancy, or pungency
    Anecdotes are the salt of his narrative.
    wit; pungency.
    a small, usually open dish, as of silver or glass, used on the table for holding salt.
    Informal . a sailor, esp. an old or experienced one.

    Verb (used with object)

    to season with salt.
    to cure, preserve, or treat with salt.
    to furnish with salt
    to salt cattle.
    to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt.
    to spread salt, esp. rock salt, on so as to melt snow or ice
    The highway department salted the roads after the storm.
    to introduce rich ore or other valuable matter fraudulently into (a mine, the ground, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value.
    to add interest or excitement to
    a novel salted with witty dialogue.

    Adjective

    containing salt; having the taste of salt
    salt water.
    cured or preserved with salt
    salt cod.
    inundated by or growing in salt water
    salt marsh.
    producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not sweet, sour, or bitter.
    pungent or sharp
    salt speech.

    Verb phrases

    salt away,
    Also, salt down. to preserve by adding quantities of salt to, as meat.
    Informal . to keep in reserve; store away; save
    to salt away most of one's earnings.
    salt out, to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, esp. common salt. ?

    Idioms

    with a grain of salt
    with reserve or allowance; with an attitude of skepticism
    Diplomats took the reports of an impending crisis with a grain of salt.
    worth one's salt
    deserving of one's wages or salary
    We couldn't find an assistant worth her salt.

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