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salt

/sɔlt/ /sɒlt/ /sɑlt/

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noun

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

Examples :

"My grandmother sprinkled a generous amount of salt on the spaghetti before serving it. "

substance food chemistry material essential

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noun

One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

Examples :

"Sodium chloride is a common salt used to flavor food. "

chemistry compound substance essential

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noun

A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.

Examples :

"The family enjoyed a picnic lunch on the salt marsh near the coast. "

environment ocean nature place geography essential

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A sailor (also old salt).

Examples :

"My grandfather, a seasoned sailor, was known as an old salt. "

nautical sailing person essential

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Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.

Examples :

"The online banking system uses salt to protect sensitive account information. "

computing technology internet system technical essential

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A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.

Examples :

"The new employee was a salt, secretly working to organize the workers into a union. "

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noun

Flavour; taste; seasoning.

Examples :

"The chef added salt to the soup to enhance its flavour. "

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noun

Piquancy; wit; sense.

Examples :

"Attic salt"

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noun

A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.

Examples :

"My dad brought the salt to the table during dinner. "

utensil food essential

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Skepticism and common sense.

Examples :

"My sister's optimistic view of the new job required a healthy dose of salt—she needed to temper her enthusiasm with common sense and skepticism. "

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noun

Indignation; outrage; arguing.

Examples :

"His salt over the unfair grading was obvious; he argued loudly with the teacher. "

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verb

To add salt to.

Examples :

"to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter"

food substance essential

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verb

To deposit salt as a saline solution.

Examples :

"The brine begins to salt."

geology chemistry environment essential

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To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

Examples :

"The shipwrights salted the wooden hull to prevent rot. "

nautical sailing essential

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verb

To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.

Examples :

"The chef salted the soup to enhance its flavor. "

technical process chemistry essential

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verb

To include colorful language in.

Examples :

"To make the meeting more interesting, the manager salted his comments with some jokes. "

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To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.

Examples :

"The cybersecurity team salted the encrypted data before sending it, making it much harder to crack. "

computing technology internet technical essential

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adjective

Examples :

"salt beef; salt tears"

food sensation essential

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adjective

Examples :

"a salt marsh; salt grass"

chemistry substance essential

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adjective

Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.

Examples :

"The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure."

geology material substance chemistry mineral essential

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adjective

Bitter; sharp; pungent.

Examples :

"The criticism from her teacher was very salt, making her feel bad. "

sensation essential

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adjective

Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.

Examples :

"The gossip about the new teacher was quite salt, focusing on suggestive rumors rather than her teaching abilities. "

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adjective

Costly; expensive.

Examples :

"That new phone is quite salt, costing almost twice as much as my old one. "

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