salt

[US]/sɔːlt/
[UK]/sɔlt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a substance used to enhance flavor in food, often in the form of small white crystals; something that adds interest or excitement
vt. to add salt to for seasoning; to preserve or treat with salt.

Phrases & Collocations

table salt

sea salt

rock salt

kosher salt

salt lake

in salt

salt water

salt and pepper

ammonium salt

sodium salt

inorganic salt

salt content

salt spray

quaternary ammonium salt

salt solution

salt mine

molten salt

salt bath

covenant of salt

salt concentration

acid salt

Example Sentences

a salt spray; salt tears.

sugar and salt crystals

season it with salt and pepper

Salt is a preservative for meat.

shoot the salt to him

salt a lecture with anecdotes.

dissolve salt in water.

There is considerable salt in the kitchen.

Salt is the most common seasoning.

the deposits of salt on the paintwork.

there was good talk to salt the occasion.

salt one's conversation with wit

a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid.

salt and pepper shakers.

Pepper and salt are condiments.

Real-world Examples

" Would you please pass the salt" ?

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They hold mineral salts from the earth.

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10.Would you mind passing the salt, please?

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At his coronation they spilled the salt.

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Then, finally, add a little salt and pepper.

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But wait, Matt, doesn't salt melt ice?

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Uh, she's the salt of the Earth.

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It dissolves up these salts, but then creates acid.

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It has multi grain flour, water, salt in east.

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20. The tilted salt filters halt alternately for altering.

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