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Salt has 15 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The chemistry teacher explained that table salt is simply sodium chloride, which forms when the hydrogen atoms in hydrochloric acid are replaced by sodium ions."

2

white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

"She sprinkled a pinch of salt over the soup just before serving it."

3

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

"The historic salt talks that began in Helsinki in 1969 finally resulted in a treaty limiting nuclear arsenals."

4

the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

"The chef tasted the soup and added a pinch of salt to enhance its savory flavor."

5

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.

"After hearing the good news, she salted across the room in a joyous leap of excitement."

6

A bounding, leaping, prance.

In plain English: Salt is a white mineral that adds flavor to food and helps your body function properly.

"She sprinkled some salt on her soup before serving it."

Usage: Use this word to refer to the white crystalline seasoning added to food or dissolved in water, distinct from similar terms like "sauce" which implies liquid consistency. It functions both as an uncountable mass noun when discussing general quantities and as a countable unit when referring to specific shakers or packets on a table.

Verb
1

add salt to

"She reached for the shaker and added salt to the soup before serving it."

2

sprinkle as if with salt

"the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"

3

add zest or liveliness to

"She salts her lectures with jokes"

4

preserve with salt

"people used to salt meats on ships"

5

To add salt to.

"The chef reached for the shaker and decided it was time to add salt to the simmering soup."

In plain English: To salt something means to put salt on it, usually to make food taste better.

"Please salt the road before the snow melts."

Adjective
1

(of speech) painful or bitter

"salt scorn"

"a salt apology"

2

Salty; salted.

"The air tasted salty because we were standing right on the beach watching the waves crash against the shore."

In plain English: Salt is an adjective used to describe something that contains salt or has a salty taste.

"The salt roads in this region were covered in ice during the winter storm."

Proper Noun
1

Initialism of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

"The local history book mentions that Salt was once a bustling market town before its decline in the nineteenth century."

2

A village in Staffordshire, England.

Example Sentences
"The salt roads in this region were covered in ice during the winter storm." adj
"She sprinkled some salt on her soup before serving it." noun
"Please salt the road before the snow melts." verb
See Also
white seasoning pepper spice sodium food sea condiment
Related Terms
white seasoning pepper spice sodium food sea condiment mineral sugar grains chloride sodium chloride ocean desalination salty desalinate table crystals taste
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compound flavorer taste season sprinkle spice preserve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
acetate citrate arsenate chlorate dibasic salt hypochlorite pyrophosphate sulfonate lactate perchlorate alkali ammonium chloride benzoate borate borosilicate calcium lactate calcium stearate carbamate carbonate fulminate chromate cyanide potassium bromide potassium chlorate potassium dichromate ferricyanide ferrocyanide fluoroboride fluosilicate glutamate halide isocyanate calcium chloride calcium sulphate manganate chrome alum tartrate oxalacetate oxalate permanganate phosphate polyphosphate propenoate salicylate double salt bile salt Glauber's salt cream of tartar sodium chlorate bichromate sodium dichromate microcosmic salt silicate sodium carbonate sodium carboxymethyl cellulose sodium fluoride sulfate thiocyanate tungstate urate vanadate xanthate

Origin

The word "salt" comes from Old English sealt, which traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "salt." It entered Middle English as a direct descendant of that ancient root and eventually replaced the Latin-derived doublet "sal" as the standard term for the substance.

Rhyming Words
alt balt falt galt halt walt malt exalt dealt awalt shalt spalt smalt cobalt oswalt rewalt tybalt basalt anhalt desalt
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