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salt

/ salt /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
Type of:
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation
adjective Sense 2
containing or filled with salt
"salt water"
Similar:
brackish briny saliferous saline salty saltish
Opposites:
fresh
See also:
tasteful
adjective satellite Sense 3
of speech that is painful or bitter
"salt scorn"- Shakespeare"
"a salt apology"
Similar:
sharp
verb Sense 4
add salt to
Type of:
season flavor flavour
Derived:
saltiness salinity table salt common salt salter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
verb Sense 5
sprinkle as if with salt
"the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
Type of:
sprinkle splash splosh
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
verb Sense 6
add zest or liveliness to
"She salts her lectures with jokes"
Type of:
spice spice up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
preserve with salt
"people used to salt meats on ships"
Type of:
preserve keep
Derived:
saltiness salinity table salt common salt salter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
noun Sense 8
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Type of:
compound chemical compound
Kinds of:
acetate ethanoate arsenate chlorate dibasic salt
noun Sense 9
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Type of:
flavorer flavourer flavoring
noun Sense 10
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
Type of:
diplomacy diplomatic negotiations
adjective satellite Sense 11
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
Similar:
tasteful
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
8
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
7
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Related Words

taste taste sensation gustatory sensation brackish briny saliferous saline salty saltish fresh sharp season