salter

[ sawl-ter ]

/ ˈsɔl tər /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR salter ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a person who makes or sells salt.

a person who salts meat, fish, etc.

Origin of salter

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sealtere saltmaker. See salt¹, -er¹

Words nearby salter

saltchuck, saltchucker, salteaux, salted, salten, salter, salter-harris classification, saltern, saltfish, saltglaze, saltie

Definition for salter (2 of 3)

salt ¹

[ sawlt ]

/ sɔlt /

noun

a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.

table salt mixed with a particular herb or seasoning for which it is named: garlic salt; celery salt.

Chemistry. any of a class of compounds formed by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms of an acid with elements or groups, which are composed of anions and cations, and which usually ionize in solution; a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base.

salts, any of various salts used as purgatives, as Epsom salts.

an element that gives liveliness, piquancy, or pungency: Anecdotes are the salt of his narrative.

wit; pungency.

a small, usually open dish, as of silver or glass, used on the table for holding salt.

Informal. a sailor, especially an old or experienced one: He's an old salt who'll be happy to tell you about his years at sea.

verb (used with object)

to season with salt.

to cure, preserve, or treat with salt.

to furnish with salt: to salt cattle.

to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt.

to spread salt, especially rock salt, on so as to melt snow or ice: The highway department salted the roads after the storm.

to introduce rich ore or other valuable matter fraudulently into (a mine, the ground, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value.

to add interest or excitement to: a novel salted with witty dialogue.

adjective

containing salt; having the taste of salt: salt water.

cured or preserved with salt: salt cod.

inundated by or growing in salt water: salt marsh.

producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not sweet, sour, or bitter.

pungent or sharp: salt speech.

Verb Phrases

salt away,

Also salt down. to preserve by adding quantities of salt to, as meat.
Informal. to keep in reserve; store away; save: to salt away most of one's earnings.

salt out, to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, especially common salt.

Origin of salt

before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English; Old English sealt; cognate with German Salz, Old Norse, Gothic salt; akin to Latin sāl, Greek háls (see halo-); (v.) Middle English salten, Old English s(e)altan; compare Old High German salzan, Old Norse salta, Dutch zouten; see salary

SYNONYMS FOR salt

5 flavor, savor.

8 See sailor.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR salt ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM salt

salt·like, adjective

Definition for salter (3 of 3)

salt ²

[ sawlt ]

/ sɔlt /

adjective Obsolete.

lustful; lecherous.

Origin of salt

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

Example sentences from the Web for salter

Editor's Note: A previous verison of said Salter was from Illinois, not Michigan.

Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect |Malcolm Jones |January 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No word yet from Karp as to whether Salter was being too hard on himself.

Mark Salter: I've Got No Talent for Fiction |Samuel P. Jacobs |January 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
For now, Salter is keeping mum, at the request of Simon & Schuster editor Jonathan Karp.

Mark Salter: I've Got No Talent for Fiction |Samuel P. Jacobs |January 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The journey that Salter and McCain had been on together for so many years had come to an end.

Grace We Can Believe In |Nicolle Wallace |December 8, 2008 |DAILY BEAST

In a shadow boxing bout, Schmidt accidentally blackened Salter's eye.

The Newsweek Campaign Piece |The Daily Beast |November 10, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
He was not absent from the brig more than two minutes, and Salter was still absorbed in his accounts.

Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal |Oliver Optic
I was right in my opinion; no fresh water to be found; nothing but salt, salter than the sea.

Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart |John McDouall Stuart
Salter is in the cabin, and he wont know any thing about it.

Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal |Oliver Optic
The salter was also expected to make some, if not all, the sauces required for certain dishes.

English Monastic Life |Abbot Gasquet
Mr. Rippenger, not liking to refuse Mr. Salter, consented to our going, but pretended that I was too young.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete |George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for salter (1 of 3)

salter

/ (ˈsɔːltə) /

noun

a person who deals in or manufactures salt

a person who treats meat, fish, etc, with salt

British Dictionary definitions for salter (2 of 3)

SALT

/ (sɔːlt) /

n acronym for

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty

British Dictionary definitions for salter (3 of 3)

salt

/ (sɔːlt) /

noun

a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food

(modifier) preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water salt pork; salt marshes

chem any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base

liveliness or pungency his wit added salt to the discussion

dry or laconic wit

a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced

short for saltcellar

rub salt into someone's wounds to make someone's pain, shame, etc, even worse

salt of the earth a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind

with a grain of salt or with a pinch of salt with reservations; sceptically

worth one's salt efficient; worthy of one's pay

verb (tr)

to season or preserve with salt

to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice

to add zest to

(often foll by down or away) to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution

chem to treat with common salt or other chemical salt

to provide (cattle, etc) with salt

to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc)

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, noun

Word Origin for salt

Old English sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic salt, German Salz, Lettish sāls, Latin sāl, Greek hals

Medical definitions for salter

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 salter

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 salter

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 salter

salt

In addition to the idioms beginning with salt

salt away
salt of the earth, the

also see:

back to the salt mines
with a grain of salt

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

salter

noun

Origin of salter

Words nearby salter

Definition for salter (2 of 3)