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salt / SALT > 10 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	salt	(of speech) painful or bitter
ADJECTIVE	2	salt, salty	One of the four basic taste sensations
NOUN	1	salt	A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
	2	salt, table salt, common salt	White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
	3	SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks	Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
	4	salt, saltiness, salinity	The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
VERB	1	salt	Add salt to
	2	salt	Sprinkle as if with salt
	3	salt	Add zest or liveliness to
	4	salt	Preserve with salt

salt / SALT > pronunciation
Sounds	sao'lt
Rhymes	asphalt, assault / Assault, basalt, and 10 more rhymes in aolt...

salt > adjective 1
Meaning	(of speech) painful or bitter.
Examples	"salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
Similar to	sharp

salt > adjective 2
Meaning	One of the four basic taste sensations. Like the taste of sea water.
Synonyms	salty
Similar to	tasty

salt > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal).
Broader	compound, chemical compound
Narrower	acetate, ethanoate; citrate; arsenate; chlorate; dibasic salt; hypochlorite; pyrophosphate; sulfonate; lactate; perchlorate; alkali; ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac; benzoate; borate; borosilicate; calcium lactate; calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate; carbamate; carbonate; fulminate; chromate; cyanide; potassium bromide; potassium chlorate; potassium dichromate; ferricyanide; ferrocyanide; fluoroboride; fluosilicate; glutamate; halide; isocyanate; calcium chloride; calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate; manganate; chrome alum; tartrate; oxalacetate, oxaloacetate; oxalate; permanganate; phosphate, orthophosphate, inorganic phosphate; polyphosphate; propenoate, acrylate; salicylate; double salt; bile salt; Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts; cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate; sodium chlorate; bichromate, dichromate; sodium dichromate, sodium bichromate; microcosmic salt; silicate; sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash, soda; sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; sodium fluoride; sulfate, sulphate; thiocyanate; tungstate; urate; vanadate; xanthate
Adjectives	salty

salt > noun 2, food
Meaning	White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food.
Synonyms	table salt, common salt
Broader	flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
Adjectives	salty
Verbs	salt; salt

SALT > noun 3, communication
Meaning	Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons.
Synonyms	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Instance of	diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations

salt > noun 4, cognition
Meaning	The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth.
Synonyms	saltiness, salinity
Broader	taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
Adjectives	salty; salty
Verbs	salt; salt

salt > verb 1, perception
Meaning	Add salt to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation
Broader	season, flavor, flavour
Nouns	salter; salt; salting; salt

salt > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Sprinkle as if with salt.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something
Examples	"the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
Broader	sprinkle, splash, splosh

salt > verb 3, change
Meaning	Add zest or liveliness to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"She salts her lectures with jokes"
Broader	spice, spice up

salt > verb 4, change
Meaning	Preserve with salt.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The chefs salt the vegetables
Examples	"people used to salt meats on ships"
Category	cooking, cookery, preparation
Broader	preserve, keep
Nouns	salter; salt; salt

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