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 .

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[ noun ] (food) white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

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

flavorer

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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"

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sharp

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[ verb ] (food) add salt to

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Salt and pepper each breast .

Related terms

season cooking salter salting

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[ adjective ] (used especially of meats) preserved in salt

Synonyms

salt-cured salted

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preserved

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[ verb ] (food) preserve with salt

Examples

"people used to salt meats on ships"

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preserve cooking salter

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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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diplomacy

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[ adjective ] one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

Synonyms

salty

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tasteful

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[ verb ] add zest or liveliness to

Examples

"She salts her lectures with jokes"

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spice

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[ verb ] sprinkle as if with salt

Examples

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

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sprinkle

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[ noun ] (psychology,food) the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth

Synonyms

salinity saltiness

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taste

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