salt

salt
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ mineral, rock, sea
▪ common, table
▪ kosher (esp. AmE)
▪ celery, garlic
▪ acid, potassium, sodium
▪ soluble salts
▪ bath salts, Epsom salts, liver salts, smelling salts
▪ bile salts
… OF SALT
▪ grain
▪ pinch
VERB + SALT
▪ taste
▪

He could taste the salt from the water in his mouth.

▪ add, put in, put on, season sth with, sprinkle (sth with)
▪

Don't put so much salt on your food!

▪ dissolve
▪

When salt is dissolved in water, it alters the properties of the water.

▪ contain
▪

Most foodstuffs contain some salt.

▪ pass
▪

Could you pass the salt, please?

SALT + NOUN
▪ crystals
▪ solution
▪ content
▪

foods with a high salt content

▪ intake
▪

He wants to reduce his salt intake.

▪ cellar (esp. BrE), shaker (AmE)
▪ air, spray, water
▪

I could smell the salt air as it whipped through my hair.

▪ flats, marsh, pan
▪ mine
▪ truck (AmE)
PHRASES
▪ high in salt, low in salt
▪

a diet low in salt

▪ salt and pepper
▪

Add salt and pepper to taste (= in the quantity preferred).

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adj.
Salt is used with these nouns: ↑beef, ↑flat, ↑lake, ↑marsh, ↑pork, ↑spray, ↑water

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  • Salt — Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The chloride… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salt — Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salt — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para las conversaciones sobre limitación de armas estratégicas véase: SALT Salt Escudo …   Wikipedia Español

  • salt — [sôlt] n. [ME < OE sealt, akin to Ger salz < IE base * sal , salt > L sal, Gr hāls, salt, Sans salila, salty] 1. sodium chloride, NaCl, a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste, found in natural beds, in sea water, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Salt — • Always used for the seasoning of food and for the preservation of things from corruption, had from very early days a sacred and religious character Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Salt     Salt …   Catholic encyclopedia

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