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SALT
(sôlt)abbr.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
salt
(sôlt)n.
1. A usually whitish crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt.
2. An ionic chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or other cations.
3. salts Any of various mineral salts used as laxatives or cathartics.
4. salts Smelling salts.
5. often salts Epsom salts.
6. An element that gives flavor or zest.
7. Sharp lively wit.
8. Informal A sailor, especially when old or experienced.
9. A saltcellar.
adj.
1. Containing or filled with salt: a salt spray; salt tears.
2. Having a salty taste or smell: breathed the salt air.
3. Preserved in salt or a salt solution: salt mackerel.
4.
a. Flooded with seawater.
b. Found in or near such a flooded area: salt grasses.
tr.v. salt·ed, salt·ing, salts
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt.
2. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution.
3. To provide salt for (deer or cattle).
4. To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes.
5. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving.
salt away
To put aside; save.
salt out
Idioms: To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution.
salt of the earth
1. A person or group considered as embodying simplicity and moral integrity.
2. Archaic A person or group considered the best or most worthy part of society.
worth (one's) salt
Efficient and capable.
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salt
(sɔːlt)n
1. (Elements & Compounds) a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food
2. (Elements & Compounds) (modifier) preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water: salt pork; salt marshes.
3. (Chemistry) 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
4. liveliness or pungency: his wit added salt to the discussion.
5. dry or laconic wit
6. (Nautical Terms) a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced
7. (Cookery) short for saltcellar
8. rub salt into someone's wounds to make someone's pain, shame, etc, even worse
9. salt of the earth a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind
10. with a grain of salt with a pinch of salt with reservations; sceptically
11. worth one's salt efficient; worthy of one's pay
vb (tr)
12. (Cookery) to season or preserve with salt
13. to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice
14. to add zest to
15. (Cookery) (often foll by: down or away) to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution
16. (Chemistry) chem to treat with common salt or other chemical salt
17. (Agriculture) to provide (cattle, etc) with salt
18. (Mining & Quarrying) to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc)
adj
19. (Physiology) not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty
20. obsolete rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit)
[Old English sealt; related to Old Norse, Gothic salt, German Salz, Lettish sāls, Latin sāl, Greek hals]
ˈsaltish adj
ˈsaltless adj
ˈsaltˌlike adj
ˈsaltness n
SALT
(sɔːlt)n acronym for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty
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salt
(sɔlt)n.
1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring chiefly as a mineral or a constituent of seawater, and used for seasoning food and as a preservative.
2. any of a class of chemical compounds formed by neutralization of an acid by a base, a reaction in which hydrogen atoms of the acid are replaced by cations supplied by the base.
3. table salt mixed with an herb or seasoning as named: onion salt.
4. an element that gives liveliness or pungency.
5. sharp, biting wit.
6. a sailor, esp. an old or experienced one.
v.t. 7. to season with salt.
8. to cure or preserve with salt.
9. to provide with salt: to salt cattle.
10. to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt.
11. to spread salt on so as to melt snow or ice.
12. to introduce rich ore fraudulently into (a mine, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value.
13. salt away,
a. Also, salt down. to preserve by adding salt to, as meat.
b. to save (money) for future use.
14. salt out, to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, esp. common salt.
adj. 15. containing salt, or tasting of salt: a salt drink.
16. cured or preserved with salt: salt cod.
17. inundated by salt water.
18. salty (def. 1).
Idioms: 1. take with a grain or pinch of salt, to be somewhat skeptical about.
2. worth one's salt, deserving of one's wages or salary.
[before 900; (n. and adj.) Middle English; Old English sealt, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse Gothic salt, Old High German, German salz; akin to Latin sāl, Greek háls; (v.) Middle English salten, Old English s(e)altan]
salt′like`, adj.
syn: See sailor.
SALT
(sɔlt)n.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty).
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salt
(sôlt)1. A colorless or white crystalline solid, NaCl, found naturally in all animal fluids, seawater, and in underground deposits. It is used widely as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called sodium chloride.
2. Any of a large class of chemical compounds formed when one or more hydrogen ions of an acid are replaced by metallic ions. Salts have an electric charge, conduct electricity, and dissolve completely in water.
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salt
Past participle: salted
Gerund: salting
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Salt
While salt usually meant sodium chloride used as a food seasoning and as a food preservative, it sometimes referred to a small salt container. Same as a Table salt.
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| Noun | 1. |  salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)citrate - a salt or ester of citric acid arsenate - a salt or ester of arsenic acid chlorate - any salt of chloric acid dibasic salt - a salt derived by replacing two hydrogen atoms per molecule hypochlorite - any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid pyrophosphate - a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid sulfonate - a salt of sulphonic acid lactate - a salt or ester of lactic acid perchlorate - a salt of perchloric acid alkali - a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac - a white salt used in dry cells benzoate - any salt or ester of benzoic acid borate - a salt or ester of boric acid borosilicate - a salt of boric and silicic acids calcium lactate - a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium calcium octadecanoate, calcium stearate - an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water carbamate - a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid carbonate - a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) fulminate - a salt or ester of fulminic acid chromate - any salt or ester of chromic acid chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid potassium bromide - a white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography potassium chlorate - a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent potassium dichromate - an orange-red salt used in making dyes and in photography ferricyanide - salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide ferrocyanide - salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate fluoroboride - a salt of fluoroboric acid fluosilicate - salt of fluosilicic acid glutamate - a salt or ester of glutamic acid halide - a salt of any halogen acid isocyanate - a salt or ester of isocyanic acid calcium chloride - a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate - a white salt (CaSO4) manganate - a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion chrome alum - a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing tartrate - a salt or ester of tartaric acid oxalacetate, oxaloacetate - a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid oxalate - a salt or ester of oxalic acid permanganate - a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic polyphosphate - a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid acrylate, propenoate - a salt or ester of propenoic acid salicylate - a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs) double salt - a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization bile salt - a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts - (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate, tartar - a salt used especially in baking powder sodium chlorate - a colorless salt (NaClO3) used as a weed killer and an antiseptic bichromate, dichromate - a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid sodium bichromate, sodium dichromate - a red-orange salt used as a mordant microcosmic salt - a white salt present in urine and used to test for metal oxides silicate - a salt or ester derived from silicic acid sal soda, soda, soda ash, sodium carbonate, washing soda - a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper |
| 2. |  salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food | |
| 3. | SALT - 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 - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" | |
| Verb | 1. | salt - add salt to cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| 2. | salt - sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps" | |
| 3. | salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes" | |
| 4. | salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | |
| Adj. | 1. | salt - (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology" sharp - keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
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salt
noun
1. seasoning, sodium chloride, table salt, rock salt a pinch of salt
verb
1. add salt to, flavour with salt Salt the stock to your taste.
rub salt into the wound make something worse, add insult to injury, fan the flames, aggravate matters, magnify a problem I had no intention of rubbing salt into his wounds.
with a grain or pinch of salt sceptically, suspiciously, cynically, doubtfully, with reservations, disbelievingly, mistrustfully You have to take these findings with a pinch of salt.
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salt
nounphrasal verb
salt away
1. To reserve for the future:
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Translations
مِلْحمِلْح كيميائييُمَلِّحبَحّار ماهِرمالِح
sůlslanýsolitmořský vlk
saltsaltesaltholdigsøulk
suolasuolainenhöystäämaustaamerikarhu
המליח
sol
sósózmegsóz
garam
saltsaltasaltaðsaltaðursaltur
塩
소금
druskajūrų vilkasnepriimti už gryną pinigąpasūdytisūdytas
sālssāļšjūras vilkspielikt sālipieredzējis jūrnieks
sare
soľsoliťmorský vlkposoliť
solsoliti
saltsaltabordssaltkoksaltkrydda
เกลือ
muối
salt
[sɔːlt]A. N
D. CPD salt beef N → carne f de vaca salada
salt fish N → pescado m salado, pescado m en salazón
salt flats NPL → salinas fpl
salt lake N → lago m de agua salada
salt marsh N → saladar m, salina f
salt mine N → mina f de sal
salt pan N → salina f
salt shaker N → salero m
salt spoon N → cucharita f de sal
salt water N → agua f salada
see also saltwater
salt fish N → pescado m salado, pescado m en salazón
salt flats NPL → salinas fpl
salt lake N → lago m de agua salada
salt marsh N → saladar m, salina f
salt mine N → mina f de sal
salt pan N → salina f
salt shaker N → salero m
salt spoon N → cucharita f de sal
salt water N → agua f salada
see also saltwater
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
SALT
[ˈsɔːlt] n abbr (=Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) → SALT m (also SALT treaty) → accord m SALTsalt
[ˈsɔːlt] n (for cooking, eating) → sel m
the salt of the earth
He is the salt of the earth → C'est quelqu'un de bien.
They are the salt of the earth → Ce sont des gens bien.
to take sth with a pinch of salt → ne pas prendre qch au pied de la lettre
any doctor worth his salt, any doctor worth their salt → tout médecin digne de ce nom, tout médecin qui se respecte
to rub salt into the wound → remuer le couteau dans la plaie
the salt of the earth
He is the salt of the earth → C'est quelqu'un de bien.
They are the salt of the earth → Ce sont des gens bien.
to take sth with a pinch of salt → ne pas prendre qch au pied de la lettre
any doctor worth his salt, any doctor worth their salt → tout médecin digne de ce nom, tout médecin qui se respecte
to rub salt into the wound → remuer le couteau dans la plaie
vt [+ food] → saler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
SALT
abbr of Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty → SALTsalt
n
(Cook, Chem) → Salz nt; (for icy roads) → Streusalz nt; salt of the earth (fig) → Salz der Erde; to be worth one’s salt (fig) → etwas taugen; to take something with a pinch (Brit) or grain (US) of salt (fig) → etw nicht ganz für bare Münze or nicht ganz so wörtlich nehmen; to rub salt into somebody’s wounds (fig) → Salz in jds Wunde streuen or reiben ? old salt
salts pl (= smelling salts) → Riechsalz nt; (for bowels) → salinisches Abführmittel; that drink went through me like a dose of salts (inf) → das Getränk hat mich richtig durchgeputzt (inf); the new director went through the board like a dose of salts (inf) → der neue Direktor hat im Vorstand mit eisernem Besen ausgekehrt
(fig: = zest, flavour) → Würze f
adj
salt
:salt flats
pl → Salztonebene f
salt-free
adj → salzlos
salt
:salt lake
n → Salzsee m
salt lick
n → Salzlecke f
salt marsh
n → Salzsumpf m
salt mine
n → Salzbergwerk nt
salt
:saltpan
n → Salzpfanne f
saltpetre, (US) saltpeter
n → Salpeter m
salt shaker
n → Salzstreuer m
salt tax
n → Salzsteuer f
salt water
n → Salzwasser nt
saltwater
saltworks
n sing or pl → Saline f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
SALT
[sɔːlt] n abbr =Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty → S.A.L.T. msalt
[sɔːlt]1. n → sale m
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
2. vt (flavour) → salare; (preserve) → conservare sotto sale
3. adj (water) → salato/a; (beef, meat) → salato/a, sotto sale; (mine) → di sale; (spoon) → per il sale
salt away vt + adv (fam) → mettere da parte
Collins 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
salt
→ مِلْح sůl salt Salz αλάτι sal suola sel sol sale 塩 소금 zout salt sól sal соль salt เกลือ tuz muối 盐Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
salt
n. sal, cloruro de sodio;
iodized ___ → ___ yodada;
low- ___ diet → dieta hiposódica;
noniodized ___ → ___ corriente;
___ -free diet → dieta libre de ___ o sin ___;
___ shaker → salero;
smelling ___ -s → ___ -es aromáticas;
v. salar, echar sal; [to season with] condimentar con sal, sazonar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
salt
n sal f; Epsom — sal de Epsom; iodized — sal yodada; oral rehydration salts sales de rehidratación oral; — substitute sustituto de (la) sal; smelling salts carbonato de amonio, carbonato amónico (esp. Esp) (que se utiliza para reanimar a un desmayado)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.