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salty

salty

61 1.0
Tasting of salt, like sea water or chips
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɔlti/
translation icon : salado
  • It's not a bag of salty chips, no.
  • salty taste
  • too salty
  • salty food

So it had that like salty, sweet thing going on.

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Examples

  • The chips were delicious but way too salty to eat a whole bag.

  • She said the eggs were a little salty this morning.

  • Well look, these are going to be really salty, you know?

  • So it had that like salty, sweet thing going on.

  • This is what happens when you want salty and sweet things.

  • That fish you gave me was so salty.

  • The salmon is salty, the ginger is amazing.

  • I love salty potato-based treats and I will not apologize for that.

  • Its main attraction is as a tasty if rather salty relish, adding flavor to food.

    Academic text (2001)
  • It tastes like candy and salty popcorn and butter.

Synonyms

briny
vssalty
6 6.4

Tastes slightly salty like sea water

is the general tasting quality not limited to seawater sources
saline
vssalty
4 4.6

That contains salt, like sea water

is the common tasting quality term rather than a technical label
brackish
vssalty
4 7.2

Slightly salty water that forms when sea water mixes with fresh water

is the general tasting quality rather than a term for mixed water
saltish
vssalty
6.5

Tastes slightly salty but not strong

is the full tasting quality rather than a mild salt presence
salty-ish
vssalty
  • Informal
7.0

Having a light taste of salt

is identical in sense but is the standard form without the suffix
salted
vssalty
1.0

Food preserved with salt so it lasts longer

is about taste or salt content, not the preservation process

Antonyms

611 1.0

Having a taste like sugar, as in candy

83 1.0

Water that does not contain salt

23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

Idioms

a bit salty
  • Slang
8.8

Slightly rude or sarcastic in what someone says

Compounds

A strong craving for salty foods like chips or pretzels

How Salty

briny
6 6.4
salty
61 1.0
bland
23 2.0
unsalted
9 1.0

Surface Forms

salty positive
saltier comparative
saltiest superlative

Morphology

salty = salt (transparent) = salt + y

Adjective formed by adding the productive suffix '-y' to the noun 'salt', directly meaning 'having salt or tasting of salt'.

Etymology

Salty comes from the simple word salt, which means 'salt' or 'a taste of salt'. So salty means tasting of or containing salt.