SALT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • 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
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) SALT is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
    Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)

SALT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • preserve with salt
    Usage Example(s)
    • people used to salt meats on ships
    Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • add zest or liveliness to
    Usage Example(s)
    • She salts her lectures with jokes
    Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • sprinkle as if with salt
    Usage Example(s)
    • the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
    Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • add salt to
    Hypernyms(s) salt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

SALT as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • of speech that is painful or bitter
    Usage Example(s)
    • salt scorn- Shakespeare
    • a salt apology
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  2. Meaning
    • containing or filled with salt
    Usage Example(s)
    • salt water
    Antonym(s) Similar To See Also
  3. Meaning
    • one of the four basic taste sensations
    • like the taste of sea water
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