salting

/ ˈsɔːltɪŋ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Rock samples dating from 1995 to 1997 were analysed and found to have been tampered with through a process called salting.

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He talks with his hands and taps his feet, salting his anecdotes with friendly F-bombs, catching his breath only long enough to take a puff of his distinctively scented e-cigarettes.

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The Drexel team has been developing its cold-weather-resilient concrete mix over the last five years with the goal of reducing the freezing, thawing and salting that eats away at roads and other concrete surfaces.

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My method was always bringing the steak to room temperature, salting it heavily, then cooking it in a cast-iron pan that was scorchingly hot before basting with butter, garlic thyme and rosemary.

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The Department for Infrastructure said salting of "roads on the scheduled network considered to be at risk of ice and snow has been undertaken through the night".

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