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salting

British

/ ˈsɔːltɪŋ /

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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First, the bad news: “Snowcrete” is the treacherous ice that results when rain, imprecise or nonexistent plowing and insufficient salting turn what was once fluffy white snow into a dense and dirty scourge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

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

From BBC • May 18, 2024

They could get a job now and start salting away that cash and get some great life lessons along the way.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2024

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.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Stupid Marysville had so much snow that winter that the town ran out of money to pay for the plowing and the salting and the sanding.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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