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English Definitions
salt
N
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
salt
N
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
N
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
N
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt
V
sprinkle as if with salt
salt
V
add zest or liveliness to
salt
V
preserve with salt
salt
(of speech) painful or bitter
V
keep or lay aside for future use
salt cod
N
codfish preserved in salt; must be desalted and flaked by soaking in water and pounding; used in e.g. codfish cakes
N
loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance
N
a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
N
the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
N
the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
N
the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church
salt lick
N
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
salt marsh
N
low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater
N
subshrub of southeastern United States to New York
N
someone who makes or deals in salt
salt mine
N
a mine where salt is dug
salt mine
N
a job involving drudgery and confinement
N
a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
salt pork
N
fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt
N
tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows
N
rush of the Pacific coast of North America
salt shaker
N
a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
N
spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
(used especially of meats) preserved in salt
N
a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders
N
white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp
saltate
V
leap or skip, often in dancing
N
(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
saltation
N
(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
saltation
N
an abrupt transition
saltation
N
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
saltation
N
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
N
a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
N
any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
N
a small container for holding salt at the dining table
(used especially of meats) preserved in salt
N
someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
salter
N
someone who makes or deals in salt
N
a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking
N
language or humor that is down-to-earth
saltiness
N
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
saltiness
N
the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)
N
the act of adding salt to food
N
a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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