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| 1. | [ noun ] (chemistry) a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) | |
| 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 | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (food) white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food | |
| Synonyms: | common_salt table_salt | |
| Related terms: | flavorer | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] containing or filled with salt | |
| Examples: | "salt water" |
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| Related terms: | fresh saline brackish saltish saliferous tasteful | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (rare; of speech) painful; bitter | |
| Examples: | "salt scorn"- Shakespeare "a salt apology" |
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| Related terms: | sharp | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (food) add salt to | |
| Related terms: | season cooking salter salting | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (used especially of meats) preserved in salt | |
| Synonyms: | salt-cured salted | |
| Related terms: | preserved | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (food) preserve with salt | |
| Examples: | "people used to salt meats on ships" |
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| Related terms: | preserve cooking salter | |
| 8. | [ 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 | |
| Synonyms: | Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks | |
| Related terms: | diplomacy | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water | |
| Synonyms: | salty | |
| Related terms: | tasteful | |
| 10. | [ verb ] add zest or liveliness to | |
| Examples: | "She salts her lectures with jokes" |
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| Related terms: | spice | |
| 11. | [ verb ] sprinkle as if with salt | |
| Examples: | "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps" |
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| Related terms: | sprinkle | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (psychology,food) the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth | |
| Synonyms: | salinity saltiness | |
| Related terms: | taste | |
| Similar spelling: |
salty SALT_I sallet SALT_II salat salute Salyut salaat sallade |
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