salt
21 ENTRIES FOUND:
- salt (noun)
- salt (verb)
- salt (adjective)
- salt–and–pepper (adjective)
- salted (adjective)
- salt cellar (noun)
- salt shaker (noun)
- Salt Lake City (proper noun)
- Epsom salt (noun)
- old salt (noun)
- rock salt (noun)
- sea salt (noun)
- smelling salts (noun)
- table salt (noun)
- Bonneville Salt Flats (proper noun)
- Great Salt Lake (proper noun)
- earth (noun)
- pinch (noun)
- rub (verb)
- worth (preposition)
- wound (noun)
plural
salts
plural
salts
Britannica Dictionary definition of SALT
1
[noncount]
:
a natural white substance that is used especially to flavor or preserve food
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see also sea salt, table salt
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The soup needs a little more salt.
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Season the meat with salt and pepper.
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Add a pinch of salt. [=a small amount of salt]
2
[count]
technical
:
a chemical compound formed when part of an acid is replaced by a metal or something like a metal
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mineral/potassium salts
rub salt in/into someone's wounds
take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt
informal
:
to not completely believe (something)
:
to be doubtful about the truth or accuracy of (something)
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He seems confident, but you should take what he says with a grain of salt.
the salt of the earth
:
a very good and honest person or group of people
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These folks are the salt of the earth.
worth your salt
:
worthy of ordinary respect
— used to say what should be expected from someone who does a job properly, from something that is as good as it should be, etc.
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A detective writer worth his salt [=a good detective writer] keeps his readers from solving the mystery.
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Any doctor worth her salt [=any good/capable doctor] would have advised you to get a second opinion before having major surgery.
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see also epsom salt, smelling salts
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salt
/ˈsɑːlt/
verb
salts;
salted;
salting
2
salt
/ˈsɑːlt/
verb
salts;
salted;
salting
Britannica Dictionary definition of SALT
[+ object]
1
:
to flavor or preserve (food) with salt
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He salted his potatoes.
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The meat was preserved by being salted and smoked.
2
:
to put salt on (a surface) especially in order to melt ice
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The city salted the roads after the snowstorm.
salt away
[phrasal verb]
1
salt (something) away
or
salt away (something)
informal
:
to put (money) in a safe place especially secretly or dishonestly
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He salted millions away in a foreign bank account.
2
US
:
to make your victory in (a game, contest, etc.) certain
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They salted away the game by scoring 21 points in the last quarter.
salt with
[phrasal verb]
salt (something) with (something)
:
to put something in many places in (a story, speech, etc.)
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She salted her speech with many religious references.
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The book is salted with witty anecdotes. [=the book has many witty anecdotes throughout it]
3
salt
/ˈsɑːlt/
adjective
3
salt
/ˈsɑːlt/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of SALT
always used before a noun
1
:
containing salt
2
:
preserved or seasoned with salt
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salt [=salted] pork
