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salt

(s/A/lt )

Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)(noun.substance)

source: wordnet30
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food(noun.food)

Synonym:
common salt, table salt

source: wordnet30
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(noun.communication)

Synonym:
strategic arms limitation talks

source: wordnet30
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
salinity, saltiness

source: wordnet30
The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.(noun)

source: webster1913

add salt to(verb.perception)

Synonym:
salinate

source: wordnet30
sprinkle as if with salt(verb.contact)

Example:
The rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps.

source: wordnet30
add zest or liveliness to(verb.change)

Example:
She salts her lectures with jokes.

source: wordnet30
preserve with salt(verb.change)

Example:
People used to salt meats on ships.

Synonym:
corn

source: wordnet30
To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.(verb)

source: webster1913
To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.(verb)

source: webster1913

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