salted
Americanadjective
adjective
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seasoned, preserved, or treated with salt
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informal experienced in an occupation
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of salted
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at salt 1, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The brown butter streusel forms a craggy, golden crown—nutty, crisp, just salted enough to keep things interesting.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The possible answers were plain flour, salted butter, egg yolk and double cream.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
For most of human history, the diet was a prisoner of the seasons and dictated by whatever could be smoked, pickled, salted or buried in a dark cellar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
She poured water into a bowl and salted it generously.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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