Idioms for salt
Origin of salt
1OTHER WORDS FROM salt
salt·like, adjectiveWords nearby salt
salpingotomy,
salpinx,
salsa,
salsa verde,
salsify,
salt,
salt away,
salt bath,
salt cake,
salt cedar,
salt chuck
Definition for salt (2 of 5)
salt
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[ sawlt ]
/ sɔlt /
adjective Obsolete.
lustful; lecherous.
Origin of salt
2
1535–45; aphetic variant of
assaut, Middle English
a sawt < Middle French
a saut on the jump;
saut < Latin
saltus a jump, equivalent to
sal(īre) to jump +
-tus suffix of v. action
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British Dictionary definitions for salt (1 of 2)
salt
/ (sɔːlt) /
noun
verb (tr)
adjective
not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty
obsolete
rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit)
Derived forms of salt
saltish, adjective saltless, adjective saltlike, adjective saltness, nounWord Origin for salt
Old English
sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic
salt, German
Salz, Lettish
sāls, Latin
sāl, Greek
hals
British Dictionary definitions for salt (2 of 2)
SALT
/ (sɔːlt) /
n acronym for
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty
Medical definitions for salt
salt
[ sôlt ]
n.
A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively as a food seasoning and preservative.
A chemical compound replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals.
salts
Any of various mineral salts, such as magnesium sulfate, sodium sulfate, or potassium sodium tartrate, used as laxatives or cathartics.
salts
Smelling salts.
salts
Epsom salts.
Scientific definitions for salt
salt
[ sôlt ]
Any of a large class of chemical compounds formed when a positively charged ion (a cation) bonds with a negatively charged ion (an anion), as when a halogen bonds with a metal. Salts are water soluble; when dissolved, the ions are freed from each other, and the electrical conductivity of the water is increased. See more at complex salt double salt simple salt.
A colorless or white crystalline salt in which a sodium atom (the cation) is bonded to a chlorine atom (the anion). This salt is found naturally in all animal fluids, in seawater, and in underground deposits (when it is often called halite). It is used widely as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, sodium chloride, table salt. Chemical formula: NaCl.
Cultural definitions for salt
salt
In chemistry, a compound resulting from the combination of an acid and a base, which neutralize each other.
notes for salt
Common table salt is sodium chloride.
Idioms and Phrases with salt
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