salt
adjective
1. (of speech) painful or bitter
- salt scorn
- a salt apology
Similar word(s): sharp
Sentences with salt as an adjective:
- salt beef;
- a salt marsh;
noun
1. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Definition categories: substance, compound
2. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Definition categories: food, flavorer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
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
Definition categories: communication
4. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
Similar word(s): salinity, saltiness
Definition categories: thought, taste
Sentences with salt as a noun:
- Attic salt
- His statements must be taken with a grain of salt.
verb
1. add salt to
Definition categories: perception, flavor, flavour, season
2. sprinkle as if with salt
- the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
Definition categories: contact, splash, splosh, sprinkle
3. add zest or liveliness to
- She salts her lectures with jokes
Definition categories: change, spice
4. preserve with salt
- people used to salt meats on ships
Definition categories: change, keep, preserve
Sentences with salt as a verb:
- to salt fish, beef, or pork
- The brine begins to salt.