A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.

salt awayverb

To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter.

salt beefnoun

Beef cured in salt.

Salt Cayname

An island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

salt cedarnoun

The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.

salt cellarnoun

A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.

salt chucknoun

Alternative form of saltchuck.

salt downverb

To salt (something) to slow decomposition, such as to prepare food, treat wood or preserve a corpse.

salt flatnoun

A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt.

salt glaciernoun

A solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.

salt horsenoun

salt beef

Salt Islandname

An island of the British Virgin Islands.

salt lakenoun

A landlocked body of water with a high concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals.

Salt Lake Cityname

The capital city of Utah, United States, and the county seat of Salt Lake County.

Salt Lake Countyname

One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Salt Lake City.

salt licknoun

A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.

salt marshnoun

A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.

salt marsh mothnoun

Estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.

salt meatnoun

Meat that has been dried and cured with salt for preservation.

salt minenoun

Any mine used for the extraction of salt.

salt of sorrelnoun

Acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains.

salt of tartarnoun

Potassium carbonate.

salt of the earthnoun

A person or group of people considered to represent the most decent and admirable parts of humanity.

salt of Venusnoun

copper sulphate

salt outverb

To abort (a fetus) by injecting saline solution into the uterus.

salt pannoun

Synonym of salt flat: a natural dry lake or playa whose bed contains abundant salt.

Salt Rivername

Used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".

Salt River Valleyname

The Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, United States.

Salt Seaname

Synonym of Dead Sea.

salt shakernoun

A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.

salt spraynoun

Seawater in the form of a fine mist or droplets.

salt the mineverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see salt, the, mine.

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