Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for salting?

What's the noun for salting? Here's the word you're looking for.

salt
  1. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
  2. (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.
  3. (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
  4. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
  5. (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
  6. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
  7. (obsolete) flavour; taste; seasoning
  8. (obsolete) piquancy; wit; sense.
  9. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
  10. (figuratively) That which preserves from corruption or error, or purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction.
  11. (Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.
  12. Synonyms:
  13. Examples:
    1. “Beef and pork were covered in fine granules of salt. This was called dry-curing.”
      “Add a pinch of salt to perk up the flavor.”
      “Is it perhaps because she is very young that there is no salt to her words nor fire in her glances?”
salting
  1. (uncountable) the act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road
  2. (countable) a salt marsh
  3. (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
  4. Synonyms:
saltworks
  1. (plural only) A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
  2. (figuratively, plural only) A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The island is also one of China's major producers of salt, with several large saltworks along its coasts.”
      “The bay is of economic importance for the sharks and other fishes in its waters and for the saltworks on its shores.”
      “Many species of birds like the avocet, black-necked grebe and curlew sandpiper depend upon the saltworks, feeding exclusively on Artemia.”
saltmaker
saltmaking
  1. The manufacture of salt.
saltspoonful
  1. As much as will fit in a saltspoon.
saltspoon
  1. A spoon used for serving salt
saltiness
  1. The property of being, or tasting, salty.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The coarse texture and mild flavour of the beans contrasted nicely with the saltiness of the smoked ham and the richness of the sausage.”
      “The combination of the pepperiness of rocket, the sweetness of the honey and saltiness of the Parmesan is beautiful.”
      “The ecologists found, however, that the saltiness of rural streams has increased steadily for the past thirty years.”
salter
  1. One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They read a passage that refers to a Dulcinea from Toboso as being the best salter of pork in all of La Mancha!”
      “The journey that salter and McCain had been on together for so many years had come to an end.”
      “No word yet from Karp as to whether salter was being too hard on himself.”
saltness
  1. The state or quality of being salt.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “My blessing be on you till the sea loses its saltness and the trees forget to bud in springtime.”
      “But towards the south the saltness of the soil is too great for such vegetation.”
      “We ate these thankfully, with some salt fish, from which they assisted to take off the saltness.”
saltishness
  1. The quality of being saltish.
saltlessness
  1. Absence of salt.
saltspoonfuls
  1. plural of saltspoonful
saltspoonsful
  1. plural of saltspoonful
saltmakers
  1. plural of saltmaker
saltspoons
  1. plural of saltspoon
  2. Examples:
    1. “Meg agreed at once, and promised to her aid, gladly offering anything she possessed, from her little house itself to her very best saltspoons.”
saltinesses
saltings
  1. plural of salting
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A succession of flights of these smallest of British geese swept in low over the saltings to alight on the fresh-water flood to drink and bathe.”
      “These delightful visitors from Scandinavia and northern Russia spend winter days on the windswept saltings, shingle strands and tidelines.”
      “Like most waders, at high water curlew form large roosts on either the highest saltings or on fields and marshes behind the sea walls.”
salters
  1. plural of salter
salts
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
7-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024