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salted

[ sawl-tid ]

/ ˈsɔl tɪd /

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adjective

seasoned, cured, or otherwise treated with salt.

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Origin of salted

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at salt¹, -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM salted

un·salt·ed, adjectivewell-salt·ed, adjective

Words nearby salted

saltbush, saltcellar, saltchuck, saltchucker, salteaux, salted, salten, salter, salter-harris classification, saltern, saltfish

Definition for salted (2 of 2)

salt¹

[ sawlt ]

/ sɔlt /

noun

a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.

table salt mixed with a particular herb or seasoning for which it is named: garlic salt; celery salt.

Chemistry. any of a class of compounds formed by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms of an acid with elements or groups, which are composed of anions and cations, and which usually ionize in solution; a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base.

salts, any of various salts used as purgatives, as Epsom salts.

an element that gives liveliness, piquancy, or pungency: Anecdotes are the salt of his narrative.

wit; pungency.

a small, usually open dish, as of silver or glass, used on the table for holding salt.

Informal. a sailor, especially an old or experienced one: He's an old salt who'll be happy to tell you about his years at sea.

verb (used with object)

to season with salt.

to cure, preserve, or treat with salt.

to furnish with salt: to salt cattle.

to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt.

to spread salt, especially rock salt, on so as to melt snow or ice: The highway department salted the roads after the storm.

to introduce rich ore or other valuable matter fraudulently into (a mine, the ground, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value.

to add interest or excitement to: a novel salted with witty dialogue.

adjective

containing salt; having the taste of salt: salt water.

cured or preserved with salt: salt cod.

inundated by or growing in salt water: salt marsh.

producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not sweet, sour, or bitter.

pungent or sharp: salt speech.

Verb Phrases

salt away,

Also salt down. to preserve by adding quantities of salt to, as meat.
Informal. to keep in reserve; store away; save: to salt away most of one's earnings.

salt out, to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, especially common salt.

Origin of salt

before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English; Old English sealt; cognate with German Salz, Old Norse, Gothic salt; akin to Latin sāl, Greek háls (see halo-); (v.) Middle English salten, Old English s(e)altan; compare Old High German salzan, Old Norse salta, Dutch zouten; see salary

SYNONYMS FOR salt

5 flavor, savor.

8 See sailor.

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OTHER WORDS FROM salt

salt·like, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for salted

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the string beans.
The Barefoot Contessa’s Tasty Trip to Paris|Ina Garten|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and set a bowl of ice water on the side.
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For Stewed Brussels Sprouts Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil and place a bowl of ice water to the side.
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Another testimony describes a man who killed, salted, and ate his wife, and later was executed for the crime.
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You imagine that you are able, because you are a major power, to make “a sweet drink out of salted fish” as our old proverb goes.
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Cook until tender in salted water long pieces of spaghetti, or fine macaroni.
The Century Cook Book|Mary Ronald
Provisions were obtained in such plenty at Guahan, that in the two vessels they salted above fifty hogs for sea use.
History of the Buccaneers of America|James Burney
His opinion seemed to be that the dirt was salted by the sea-winds, and preserved from further decomposition.
Letters of a Traveller|William Cullen Bryant
He is the salt of the earth, and if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted?
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence|Various
Besides the food they raise for themselves, they are allowed liberal rations of salted pork and Indian corn.
The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916|Various

British Dictionary definitions for salted (1 of 3)

salted

/ (ˈsɔːltɪd) /

adjective

seasoned, preserved, or treated with salt

informal experienced in an occupation

British Dictionary definitions for salted (2 of 3)

SALT

/ (sɔːlt) /

n acronym for

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty

British Dictionary definitions for salted (3 of 3)

salt

/ (sɔːlt) /

noun

a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food

(modifier) preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty watersalt pork; salt marshes

chem any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base

liveliness or pungencyhis wit added salt to the discussion

dry or laconic wit

a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced

short for saltcellar

rub salt into someone's wounds to make someone's pain, shame, etc, even worse

salt of the earth a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind

with a grain of salt or with a pinch of salt with reservations; sceptically

worth one's salt efficient; worthy of one's pay

verb (tr)

to season or preserve with salt

to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice

to add zest to

(often foll by down or away) to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution

chem to treat with common salt or other chemical salt

to provide (cattle, etc) with salt

to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc)

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, noun

Word Origin for salt

Old English sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic salt, German Salz, Lettish sāls, Latin sāl, Greek hals

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Medical definitions for salted

salt

[ sôlt ]

n.

A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively as a food seasoning and preservative.

A chemical compound replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals.

salts Any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulfate, sodium sulfate, or potassium sodium tartrate, used as laxatives or cathartics.

salts Smelling salts.

salts Epsom salts.

Scientific definitions for salted

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.

Cultural definitions for salted

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.

Idioms and Phrases with salted

salt

In addition to the idioms beginning with salt

salt away
salt of the earth, the

also see:

back to the salt mines
with a grain of salt

salted

adjective

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