English dictionary
salt
/s/A/lt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, <i>salt</i> beef; <i>salt</i> water.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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
Synonyms strategic arms limitation talksSource: WordNet 3.0
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the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913
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The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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(of speech) painful or bitter
ExamplesSalt scorn.
A salt apology.
Source: WordNet 3.0
verb
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add salt to
Synonyms salinateSource: WordNet 3.0
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sprinkle as if with salt
ExamplesThe rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps.
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add zest or liveliness to
ExamplesShe salts her lectures with jokes.
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preserve with salt
ExamplesPeople used to salt meats on ships.
Synonyms cornSource: WordNet 3.0
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To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to <i>salt</i> fish, beef, or pork; to <i>salt</i> cattle.
Source: webster1913
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To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to <i>salt</i>.
Source: webster1913