salt out


verb
  1. (adverb) chem to cause (a dissolved substance) to come out of solution by adding an electrolyte

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How to use salt out in a sentence

  • Puck said that sea-water boiled would be sure to be quite nice, for boiling was sure to take the salt out of it somehow.

    Esther's Charge | Evelyn Everett-Green
  • We will first bathe our heads and faces, and then wash our clothes, to get some of the salt out of them.

    The South Sea Whaler | W.H.G. Kingston
  • As soon as the other fellow gits all the salt out they're both going away.

    Canoe Boys and Campfires | William Murray Graydon
  • Shake all the salt out when dry, and soak in plain vinegar, with a little turmeric sprinkled on each layer of cabbage.

    Housekeeping in Old Virginia | Marion Cabell Tyree
  • Sift and dry the flour, sift the sugar; wash all the salt out of the butter, and squeeze all the water out of it.

    Housekeeping in Old Virginia | Marion Cabell Tyree