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salt Definition and Meaning in English (salt definition)
nounQuick Answer • Definition
Salt definition: Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.
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Definitions of Salt
- 1noun
Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.
- 2verb
To salt something means to add salt to it, especially to season or preserve food.
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Topic & ExploreInflected Word Forms
present participlesalting
nounsaltiness
adjectivesalted
adjectivesalty
Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions
salt of the earthidiom
A very good, honest, and reliable person or group of people.
take with a grain of saltidiom
To not completely believe something; to be skeptical.
rub salt in the woundidiom
To make someone's pain or suffering worse.
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Salt definition: Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.
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'Salt' translates to 'salt' in English. Salt definition: Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.
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