salt lick
noun
salt lick is a noun meaning “A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-L-T-L-I-C-K. The plural of salt lick is salt licks.
What does salt lick mean?
noun
- 1
A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.
- 2
A natural source of such minerals licked by animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of salt lick
- salt licks plural
- saltlick
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Salt lick in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense block of salt:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pierre à lécher |
| German | Salzlecke, Leckstein |
| Spanish | salegar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does salt lick come from?
From salt + lick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).