salt

Definitions of salt in various dictionaries:

noun - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

noun - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

noun - negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

noun - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

verb - add salt to

verb - sprinkle as if with salt

verb - add zest or liveliness to

verb - preserve with salt

adj - (of speech) painful or bitter

A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively as a food seasoning and preservative.

A chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals.

An element that gives flavor or zest.

Sharp, lively wit.

A sailor, especially when old or experienced.

A saltcellar.

Containing or filled with salt: a salt spray; salt tears.

Having a salty taste or smell: breathed the salt air.

Preserved in salt or a salt solution: salt mackerel.

Flooded with seawater.

Found in or near such a flooded area: salt grasses — v.

To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt.

To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution.

To provide salt for (deer or cattle).

To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes.

To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.

adj - tasting of or containing salt

verb - to treat with salt (a crystalline compound used as a seasoning and preservative)

SALT - Salt, table salt or common salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts...