SALT SALT

noun

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

() white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food  ( common salt, table salt, salt )
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth  ( salinity, salt, saltiness )
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

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  ( SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks )
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

adj

() (of speech) painful or bitter  ( salt )
(of speech) painful or bitter
 salt scorn
salt scorn
 a salt apology
a salt apology

verb

() add salt to  ( salt )
add salt to

preserve with salt  ( salt )
preserve with salt
 people used to salt meats on ships
people used to salt meats on ships

add zest or liveliness to  ( salt )
add zest or liveliness to
 She salts her lectures with jokes
She salts her lectures with jokes

sprinkle as if with salt  ( salt )
sprinkle as if with salt
 the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps