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
- unsalted adjective
- well-salted adjective
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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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
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
The pork chops of my childhood were thin, boneless, and oven-bound — salted and peppered just before they went in, cooked through without much ceremony.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
At Sainsbury's the range is similarly extensive with orange marmalade, salted caramel, carrot, cherry, rhubarb, ginger and cinnamon.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
After a small breakfast of rice and salted eggs, we get back in our truck and take off again.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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