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Saltlike
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1. saltlike
resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal
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Saltlike
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1.
a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food
2. (modifier)
preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water
salt pork
salt marshes
3. chemistry
any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base
4.
liveliness or pungency
his wit added salt to the discussion
5.
dry or laconic wit
6.
a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced
7. short for saltcellar
8. rub salt into someone's wounds
9. salt of the earth
10. with a grain of salt
11. worth one's salt
verb (transitive)
12.
to season or preserve with salt
13.
to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice
14.
to add zest to
15. (often foll by down or away)
to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution
16. chemistry
to treat with common salt or other chemical salt
17.
to provide (cattle, etc) with salt
18.
to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc)
adjective
19.
not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty
20. obsolete
rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit)
noun acronym for
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty
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Saltlike
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
noun
1.
sodium chloride, NaCl, a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste, found in natural beds, in sea water, etc., and used for seasoning and preserving foods, etc.
2.
a chemical compound derived from an acid by replacing hydrogen, wholly or partly, with a metal or an electropositive radical
the salt of an -ous acid is usually indicated by the suffix -ite, the salt of an -ic acid by the suffix -ate3.
that which lends a tang or piquancy; esp., sharp pungent humor or wit
4.
saltcellar
5. [pl.]
any of various mineral salts used as a cathartic, as Epsom salts, or to soften bath water, as a restorative, etc.
6. Informal
a sailor, esp. an experienced one
adjective
7.
containing salt
8.
preserved with salt
9.
tasting or smelling of salt
10. Rare
pungent or biting
11.
a.
flooded with salt water
b.
growing in salt water
verb transitive
12.
to sprinkle or season with salt
13.
to preserve with salt or in a salt solution
14.
to provide with salt
15.
to treat with salt in chemical processes
16.
to season or give a tang to
to salt a speech with wit
17.
to give artificial value to
; specif.,a.
to alter (books, prices, etc.) in order to give false value
b. US
to scatter minerals or ores in (a mine), put oil in (a well), etc. in order to deceive prospective buyers
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