salt


Definition: Meaning of, salt in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɔːlt;sɒlt /

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salt salts
  1. [uncountable] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it
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  2. the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest
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  3. take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth
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  4. [countable] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a BASE
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salt salted salted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
salting salts
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  1. to add salt to food to make it taste better
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  2. also salt down to add salt to food to preserve it
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  3. to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icy
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  1. preserved with salt
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  2. salt water water that contains salt, especially naturally in the sea
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  3. consisting of salt water
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SALT


Definition: Meaning of, SALT in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɔːlt;sɒlt /

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  1. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks talks between the US and the former Soviet Union, which aimed to reach agreement about limiting the number of nuclear weapons that each country kept. Two SALT Treaties (= official agreements) were signed: SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979).
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SALT used in phrases

  • Glauber's salt (noun)
    1. Na2SO4.10H2O a colourless salt used as a cathartic
  • Great Salt Desert (noun)
    1. a salt desert in north central Iran
  • Great Salt Lake
    1. the Great Salt Lake a lake in the US state of Utah which is about 70 miles long and has strong salt water
  • Rochelle salt (noun)
    1. a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
  • SALT I (noun)
    1. the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  • SALT II (noun)
    1. the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  • Salt Lake City
    1. the capital city of Utah in the western US. It is the centre of the MORMON religion
  • annual salt-marsh aster (noun)
    1. a variety of aster
  • bile salt (noun)
    1. a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
  • celery salt (noun)
    1. ground celery seed and salt
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SALT used in phrasal verbs

  • salt away (phrasal verb)
    1. to save money for the future, often hiding it illegally
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