salt
/sɒlt/
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride, used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative; One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid; A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea
- plural
- salts
Meanings
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A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative
Pass me the salt, please.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Please pass me the salt.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
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One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid
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A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea
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A sailor (also old salt)rare
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A sequence of random data added to plain text data (such as passwords or messages) prior to encryption or hashing, in order to make brute force decryption more difficultrare
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A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize itrare
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Flavour; taste; seasoningrare
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Piquancy; wit; senserare
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A dish for salt at table; a salt cellarrare
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Epsom salts or other salt used as a medicinerare