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salt
salt
salt
salt
verb
B1
UK /sɒlt/ US /sɑlt/
To add salt to.
transitive
To deposit salt as a saline solution.
intransitive
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks for the preservation of the timber.
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
To add bogus evidence to an archaeological site.
To add certain chemical elements to (a nuclear or conventional weapon) so that it generates more radiation.
transitive
To sprinkle throughout.
transitive
To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
To render a thing useless.
To sow with salt (of land), symbolizing a curse on its re-inhabitation.
transitive
To lock a page title so it cannot be created.
To seek employment at a company in order to help unionize it.
Forms
he/she/it
salts
-ing form
salting
past participle
salted
past
salted
Example sentences
73 results
The food at the canteen isn't very good, and the menu contains mostly unhealthy foods, too salted or sweetened.
Tatoeba
Salted monkey nuts are popular in many parts of the world.
Tatoeba
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salt
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
+9 meanings
salt
Of water: containing salt, saline.
+4 meanings