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common salt

n.
1. See salt.
2. Sodium chloride.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

salt

(sɔlt)

n.
1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring chiefly as a mineral or a constituent of seawater, and used for seasoning food and as a preservative.
2. any of a class of chemical compounds formed by neutralization of an acid by a base, a reaction in which hydrogen atoms of the acid are replaced by cations supplied by the base.
3. table salt mixed with an herb or seasoning as named: onion salt.
4. an element that gives liveliness or pungency.
5. sharp, biting wit.
6. a sailor, esp. an old or experienced one.
v.t.
7. to season with salt.
8. to cure or preserve with salt.
9. to provide with salt: to salt cattle.
10. to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt.
11. to spread salt on so as to melt snow or ice.
12. to introduce rich ore fraudulently into (a mine, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value.
13.salt away,
a. Also,salt down. to preserve by adding salt to, as meat.
b. to save (money) for future use.
14.salt out, to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, esp. common salt.
adj.
15. containing salt, or tasting of salt: a salt drink.
16. cured or preserved with salt: salt cod.
17. inundated by salt water.
Idioms:
1.take with a grain or pinch of salt, to be somewhat skeptical about.
2.worth one's salt, deserving of one's wages or salary.
[before 900; (n. and adj.) Middle English; Old Englishsealt, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse Gothic salt, Old High German, Germansalz; akin to Latinsāl, Greekháls; (v.) Middle Englishsalten, Old Englishs(e)altan]
salt′like`,adj.
syn:Seesailor.

SALT

(sɔlt)

n.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.common salt - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
binary compound - chemical compound composed of only two elements
atomic number 17,chlorine,Cl - a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
halite,rock salt - naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride
brine,saltwater,seawater - water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"
2.common salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve foodcommon salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
flavorer,flavoring,flavourer,flavouring,seasoning,seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
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