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Idioms about salt
Origin of salt
1First recorded before 900; Middle English; noun and adjective salt, salte, zalt, Old English sealt; cognate with German Salz, Old Norse, Gothic salt, all from Germanic saltam; akin to Latin sal, Greek háls, Slavic (Polish ) sol-, Celtic (Irish ) salann ; Middle English verb salten, Old English saltan, sealtan; compare Old High German salzan, Old Norse salta, Dutch zouten; akin to Latin sallere “to sprinkle with salt”; see also halo-, salary, sauce
synonym study for salt
8. See sailor.
OTHER WORDS FROM salt
saltlike, adjectiveWords nearby salt
salpinx, salsa, salsa verde, salsify, sal soda, salt, salta, saltando, saltant, saltarello, saltation
Other definitions for salt (2 of 3)
salt2
[ sawlt ]
/ sɔlt /
adjective Obsolete.
lustful; lecherous.
Other definitions for salt (3 of 3)
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How to use salt in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for salt (1 of 2)
salt
/ (sɔːlt) /
noun
verb (tr)
adjective
not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty
obsolete rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit)
Derived forms of salt
saltish, adjectivesaltless, adjectivesaltlike, adjectivesaltness, nounWord Origin for salt
Old English sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic salt, German Salz, Lettish sāls, Latin sāl, Greek hals
British Dictionary definitions for salt (2 of 2)
SALT
/ (sɔːlt) /
n acronym for
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty
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Scientific definitions for salt
salt
[ sôlt ]
Any of a large class of chemical compounds formed when a positively charged ion (a cation) bonds with a negatively charged ion (an anion), as when a halogen bonds with a metal. Salts are water soluble; when dissolved, the ions are freed from each other, and the electrical conductivity of the water is increased. See more at complex salt double salt simple salt.
A colorless or white crystalline salt in which a sodium atom (the cation) is bonded to a chlorine atom (the anion). This salt is found naturally in all animal fluids, in seawater, and in underground deposits (when it is often called halite). It is used widely as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, sodium chloride, table salt. Chemical formula: NaCl.
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Cultural definitions for salt
salt
In chemistry, a compound resulting from the combination of an acid and a base, which neutralize each other.
notes for salt
Common table salt is sodium chloride.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with salt
salt
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