salt
has definitions from the fields of psychology,food,chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)In hard surface cleaning , the inorganic salts are more important than the organic active . Greasy soils are hardly removed by washing in plain water ; and natural waters , in_addition , often contain impurities such_as calcium salts which can react with soils to make them more difficult to remove . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)After their work other investigators applied salt fractionation techniques to the problem , as_well_as fractionation with organic solvents , such_as acetone . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Along Wappinger_Creek in Dutchess_County , past the white church at Fishkill , past Verplanck_'s_Point on the east bank of the Hudson , to the white salt crusted roads of the Long_Island_Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing_for something explosive to happen . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)I learned , for_example , that he made a practice of yapping at dogs he encountered and , in winter , of sprinkling salt on the icy pavement to scarify their feet . Related terms compound phosphate polyphosphate calcium_lactate isocyanate perchlorate nitrate thiocyanate calcium_sulphate fluoroboride carbonate borate silicate calcium_carbonate calcium_chloride carbamate fulminate chromate alkali dibasic_salt oxalate cyanide ammonium_chloride potassium_bromide potassium_carbonate benzoate hypochlorite arsenate Glauber's_salt potassium_dichromate pyrophosphate urate potassium_chlorate ferricyanide manganate chrome_alum tartrate oxalacetate ferrocyanide permanganate borosilicate sulfonate propenoate salicylate double_salt bile_salt sodium_carbonate cream_of_tartar sodium_carboxymethyl_cellulose sodium_chlorate bichromate sodium_dichromate nitrite microcosmic_salt fluosilicate sulfate glutamate sodium_fluoride tungstate vanadate halide calcium_stearate common_salt xanthate chlorate acetate |
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[ noun ] (food) white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Later , chlorothiazide and salt restriction became necessary to control the edema of chronic congestive failure . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Suddenly he was interrupted in his daydreaming by a warm wetness lapping against his chin , and his eyes opened wide and long at the sight of a goat 's claret tongue , feasting against the salt taste of him . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] containing or filled with salt
Examples "salt water" Used in print (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)On_the_other_hand , Arnold 's `` The unplumbed , salt , estranging sea '' , taken in its context , certainly does so . |
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[ adjective ] (rare; of speech) painful; bitter
Examples "salt scorn"- Shakespeare "a salt apology" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used especially of meats) preserved in salt
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[ noun ] 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
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[ verb ] sprinkle as if with salt
Examples "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps" Related terms |
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