salt
- noun
- /sɔlt/
- The recipe calls for a teaspoon of salt to bring out the savory taste.
- add more salt
- a pinch of salt
- salt and pepper
It's not bad, just needs some salt, that's all.
- It's not bad, just needs some salt, that's all.
- Ground up meat with spices and salt is still meat.
- Let's add another dash of simple salt and let's try them.
- I eat beef and salt and water and that's it.
- The breeze smelled of salt and kelp.
- Cumin powder, chili powder, black pepper, salt, sugar, beef broth.
- Of course, the last two are salt and fried salt.
- It's just, it's the perfect level of salt creaminess.
- So cheese is fat and salt and now sweets.
- They drop their bread, hit said salt, they go pick it up.
Examples
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Try to reduce how much salt you add when cooking and at the table.
Academic text (2012) -
Grandmother likes it to be a little bland, since too much salt isn't healthy.
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That had some salt on it!
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Maybe just put some salt in the water and mix it.
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Hey, you guys got any salt?
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Hey, you forgot the salt.
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I guarantee you, it needs more salt.
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It's not bad, just needs some salt, that's all.
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However, in recommended quantities, salt has a vital role to play in maintaining health.
Academic text (2012) -
The French fries and about a pound of salt are all the kid eats.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Large grains of salt from the ground used to melt ice or season food
A white seasoning made from a common mineral to add flavor and keep food fresh
White crystals that make food taste salty and are used in industry
A white crystal used to season and preserve food
Antonyms
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salt comes from a very old root sal that simply meant 'salt' in Latin and other ancient languages, and it even appears in words like saline and salary. Because salt was useful for flavor and for keeping food from going bad, salt now means the white mineral we use to season and preserve food.