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salt

 (sôlt)
n.
1. A usually whitish crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt.
2. An ionic chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or other cations.
3.salts Any of various mineral salts used as laxatives or cathartics.
4.salts Smelling salts.
5. oftensalts Epsom salts.
6. An element that gives flavor or zest.
7. Sharp lively wit.
8.Informal A sailor, especially when old or experienced.
9. A saltcellar.
adj.
1. Containing or filled with salt:a salt spray; salt tears.
2. Having a salty taste or smell:breathed the salt air.
3. Preserved in salt or a salt solution:salt mackerel.
4.
a. Flooded with seawater.
b. Found in or near such a flooded area:salt grasses.
tr.v.salt·ed,salt·ing,salts
1. To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt.
2. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution.
3. To provide salt for (deer or cattle).
4. To add zest or liveliness to:salt a lecture with anecdotes.
5. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.
Phrasal Verbs:
salt away
To put aside; save.
salt out
To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution.
Idioms:
salt of the earth
1. A person or group considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity.
2.Archaic A person or group considered the best or most worthy part of society.
worth (one's) salt
Efficient and capable.
[Middle English, from Old Englishsealt; seesal- inIndo-European roots.]

SALT

 (sôlt)
abbr.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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 away

orless commonly

salt down

vb
(tr, adverb) to hoard or save (money, valuables, etc)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.salt away - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
bin - store in bins
keep,hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
computerise,computerize - store in a computer; "computerized dictionary"
victual - lay in provisions; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"
collect,compile,accumulate,amass,roll up,hoard,pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
hive - store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

salt

noun
Informal. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship:
Informal:tar.
Slang:gob.
phrasal verb
salt away
1.To reserve for the future:
2.To place (money) in a bank:
Informal:sock away.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
auf die hohe Kante legen

w>salt away

vt sep (inf) money →auf diehoheKantelegen(inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007


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