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Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect
Stimulant compounds, such as hartshorn, Methedrine, or salts used to revive consciousness
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, or a solution of this compound
Plural for a white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste
“Beef and pork were covered in fine granules of salt. This was called dry-curing.”
Plural for something used to add flavor to a dish
“Add a pinch of salt to perk up the flavor.”
Plural for a sharpness or piquancy in flavor or nature, sometimes figuratively
“Is it perhaps because she is very young that there is no salt to her words nor fire in her glances?”
Plural for a mariner or sailor who mans a ship
“It was bravery, seamanship, and those peculiar qualities which an old salt possesses that made him great on the quarter deck.”
Plural for something used to enhance the flavor of food
Plural for compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered
Plural for one's willingness to undertake potentially hazardous endeavours
Plural for food as a means of maintaining health or life
Plural for an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used to flavor food
Plural for any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food
Plural for the fact of supporting one's living through work or one's income
To give or add flavor to by adding salt
“Never salt the dish until you have tasted it.”
To preserve by adding salt
“He would salt the meat to preserve it, pack it into half sections of hollow logs, and cover it with bark and heavy stones.”
To scatter or intersperse among other things
“Donnelly, setting an example for future Atlantologists, was clever enough to salt his tale with the scientific fashions of the day.”
To intersperse among or between other things
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