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Noun A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative. (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea. (slang) A sailor (also old salt). (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it. (obsolete) flavour; taste; seasoning (obsolete) piquancy; wit; sense. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar. (figuratively) That which preserves from corruption or error, or purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction. (Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing. Adjective Salty; salted. Saline. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use. (figuratively, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent. (figuratively, obsolete) Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat. Verb (transitive) To add salt to. (intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution. (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam. (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive. To include colorful language in. To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have. (archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber. Find more words! 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