salting

/ (ˈsɔːltɪŋ) /

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noun

(often plural) an area of low ground regularly inundated with salt water; often taken to include its halophyte vegetation; a salt marsh

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How to use salting in a sentence

No testimony suggested he was salting money into Wall Street.
From Katrina to the Clink: Ex New Orleans Mayor Heads to Prison|Jason Berry|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is universally accepted foodie-purist knowledge that simply slicing and lightly salting a tomato is the way to go.
The Only Food That Matters|Katie Workman|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He now owned two large warehouses in the town and several salting-houses in the north.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The husband had fallen by an anonymous bullet while salting his cattle on the mountain in an early year of the war.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various

By this precaution, the after-salting on the surface is sure to penetrate deep enough to cure effectually the less salted parts.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
Here's my daughter run away to be married with the coolest, freshest, limber-tongued young codfish that ever escaped salting.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
However, in 1908, the Uruguayan beef-salting factories slaughtered three times as many cattle as the Argentine.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst

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