salt
- noun
- /sɔlt/
- Specialized
- Drizzle dark sesame oil over the broccoli and chicken, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Examples
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But here as elsewhere, the expressio unius idea should be taken with many grains of salt.
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The advantage of using a salt is that it is a liquid at the operating temperature of the turbine-generator used in the power block.
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The components of molten-salt power towers have been extensively tested in the United States and Europe.
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Developers often use a unique salt value to enhance password security by preventing hash collisions.
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In cryptography, a randomly generated salt is added to passwords before hashing to strengthen their security.
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To ensure data integrity, a system administrator implemented a salt for all user credentials when storing them.
Idioms
- Informal
A kind, honest, reliable person who helps others in their community
- Informal
To make someone's bad feelings worse by reminding them of a disappointment
- Archaic
To be in a lower social or work position and have other people treat you as less important
Compounds
The capital of Utah near the Great Salt Lake and home to the main offices of the Mormon Church
A white salt you put in warm water to soothe sore muscles, relieve constipation, or feed plants
- Specialized
A substance in bile that helps break down fats so the body can digest them
- Literature
A serious promise that is meant to last forever, often used in old religious books
- Specialized
A salt made by replacing two hydrogen atoms in an acid with metal atoms
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A solid made when two different salts form crystals together and shows some properties of each
- Specialized
A salt that forms when ammonia reacts with an acid and has an NH4+ part
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A plant that grows in salt marshes and has small pale purple or white flowers
- Specialized
A white chemical in crystal form that people use as a laxative and in industry
A large flat area of salt and dry land in north central Iran, also called Dasht-e Kavir
- Archaic
A salt from Bad Ems mineral waters that treats throat and nose infections
- Specialized
A white crystal used as a mild laxative and in early electrical devices
- Specialized
A plant with daisy-like flowers that lives in salt marshes and comes back each year
A white wheat bread made with bacteria that can grow in salty dough and a cornmeal starter
How Secure
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Salt in computing is a modern image from cooking: just as a little salt changes the taste of food, a small random 'salt' added to a password changes its hash. That's why a computing salt makes password hashes unique and harder for attackers to guess.