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salter

salter

9.9
A person who preserves meat or fish with salt
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔltər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : salador
  • The salter carefully coated the fish in salt to preserve its freshness.

Examples

  • The chef hired a salter to ensure all the ingredients were properly preserved.

  • As a salter, he took great pride in his ability to cure meats perfectly.

  • Photo (Black & White): Figure 3. Salter-Harris classification of growth plate injuries.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This task from the Phonological Awareness Test (Robertson & Salter, 1997) was used as a rhyme production measure.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This task was adapted from the Phonological Awareness Test (Robertson & Salter, 1997); however, five new items were created to extend its linguistic complexity.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This 10-item subtest from the Phonological Awareness Test (Robertson & Salter, 1997) was used as a rhyme recognition task.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

preserver
vssalter
1 4.0

A thing that stops food from going bad

is a person who performs a specific preserving action rather than being the substance
briner
vssalter
8.7

A person who uses salt water to make pickles

applies preservative material onto food rather than soaking it
curer
vssalter
  • Specialized
7.2

A person or machine that treats food to preserve it and hardens materials

focuses on a single applied preservative action rather than broad curing processes

Surface Forms

salter singular
salters plural

Morphology

salter = salt (transparent) = salt + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'salt' meaning 'person who salts (food)', a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

The word salter comes from salt and -er, where -er means 'one who does', so a salter is someone who adds salt to meat or fish 'to keep' it for a long time.