salty
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salt·y
(sôl′tē)adj. salt·i·er, salt·i·est
1. Of, containing, or seasoned with salt.
2. Suggestive of the sea or sailing life.
3. Witty; pungent; earthy: salty humor.
salt′i·ly adv.
salt′i·ness n.
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salty
(ˈsɔːltɪ)adj, saltier or saltiest
1. of, tasting of, or containing salt
2. (esp of humour) sharp; piquant
3. (Nautical Terms) relating to life at sea
ˈsaltily adv
ˈsaltiness n
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salt•y
(ˈsɔl ti)adj. salt•i•er, salt•i•est.
1. tasting of or containing salt; saline.
2. piquant; sharp; witty.
3. racy or coarse: salty humor.
4. of the sea or sailing.
[1400–50]
salt′i•ly, adv.
salt′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | salty - engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language" stimulating - rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion" |
| 2. | salty - containing or filled with salt; "salt water" tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" | |
| 3. | salty - one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" |
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salty
adjective salt, salted, saline, brackish, briny, over-salted, brak (S. African) organisms adapted to survive in very salty water
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salty
adjectiveBordering on indelicacy or impropriety:
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Translations
مالِحمـُمَلِّح
slaný
salt
suolainenrasvainen
नमकीन
slan
asin
saltur
塩気のある
짠
slan
salt
ซึ่งมีรสเค็ม
mặn
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salty
adj (+er)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
salty
[ˈsɔːltɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (taste) → salato/a (fig) (humour, remark) → piccanteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
salt
(soːlt) noun1. (also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning. The soup needs more salt.
2. any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.
3. a sailor, especially an experienced one. an old salt.
adjective containing, tasting of, preserved in salt. salt water; salt pork.
verb to put salt on or in. Have you salted the potatoes?
ˈsalted adjective (negative unsalted) containing or preserved with salt. salted butter; salted beef.
ˈsaltness nounˈsalty adjective
containing or tasting of salt. Tears are salty water.
ˈsaltiness nounbath salts
a usually perfumed mixture of certain salts added to bath water.
the salt of the earth a very good or worthy person. People like her are the salt of the earth.
take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt to receive (a statement, news etc) with a slight feeling of disbelief. I took his story with a pinch of salt.
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salty
→ مـُمَلِّح slaný salt salzig αλμυρός salado suolainen salé slan salato 塩気のある 짠 zout salt słony salgado соленый salt ซึ่งมีรสเค็ม tuzlu mặn 多盐的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
salty
a. salado-a, salobre, salino-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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salty
adj saladoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.