Meaning of salt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bounding; a leaping; a prance.
   obsolete
2. A village in Salt and Enson parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9527).
   countable, uncountable
3. salt; table salt
4. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
   countable, uncountable
5. Acronym of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. Acronym of state and local tax(es) [deduction], a tax deduction whereby some portion of the money paid as taxes to state and local governments is not taxed at the federal level; the tax-deductible portion is nominally capped, but the cap is circumventable via special-interest loopholes.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, usually
7. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
8. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
9. One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
   countable, uncountable
10. Acronym of speech and language therapist.
    UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
11. bad luck, misfortune
12. To put aside; save.
13. A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
    countable, uncommon
14. Acronym of speech and language therapy.
    UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
15. second-person singular imperative of salir
16. To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution.
17. A sailor (also old salt).
    countable, slang
18. Efficient and capable.
19. A sequence of random data added to plain text data (such as passwords or messages) prior to encryption or hashing, in order to make brute force decryption more difficult.
    countable, uncountable
20. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty).
21. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
    countable, uncountable
22. While salt usually meant sodium chloride used as a food seasoning and as a food preservative, it sometimes referred to a small salt container. Same as a Table salt.
23. Flavour; taste; seasoning.
    obsolete, uncountable
24. Informal. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship:jack (uppercase), jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman.
25. Piquancy; wit; sense.
    obsolete, uncountable
26. containing, tasting of, preserved in salt. salt water; salt pork. gesout, ingesout مالِح посолен salgado slaný Salz-... salt-; saltet αλμυρός, αλατισμένος, παστόςsalado soola- ملح suola- saléמלוח नमकीन, खारा slan, posoljen sós (ízű), sózott asin salt-, saltaður salato 塩をふくむ 짠 sūrus sāļš masin zoutsalt-, saltaktigsolony, słony مالګه salgado sărat солёный slaný slan slan salt, salt-, saltad ผสมเกลือ; หมักด้วยเกลือ tuzlu, tuzlanmış 含鹽的，用鹽醃的 солоний نمک میں محفوظ کیا ہوا tẩm muối, ướp muối 含盐的，用盐腌制的
27. A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
    countable, obsolete
28. to put salt on or in. Have you salted the potatoes? sout, gesout يُمَلِّح соля salgar (o)solit salzen salte αλατίζωsalar, echar sal soola lisama نمك پاشيدن suolata saler לְהַמלִיח नमक मिलाना, में मिलाना posoliti, zasoliti megsóz menggarami salta salare 塩をかける 소금을 치다 (pa)sūdyti sālīt; pielikt sāli menggarami zouten strø/ha i salt, saltesolić مالګه كول salgar a săra солить (po)soliť soliti posoliti salta ใส่เกลือ tuzlamak 在...上或內加鹽 солити نمک ڈالنا ướp muối, nêm muối 加盐于...腌
29. Epsom salts or other salt used as a medicine.
    countable, historical, in-plural, uncountable
30. (negative unsalted) containing or preserved with salt. salted butter; salted beef. gesoute مُمَلَّح، مُقَدَّد осолен salgado solený gesalzen saltet; salt- αλατισμένος, παστόςsalado soolatud, soola- با نمك suolattu saléמלוח लवणित, नमकीन slan, zasoljen sós, sózott asin saltaður, salt- salato 塩づけの 소금에 절인 sūdytas sālīts bergaram gezoutensaltetsolony په مالګه salgado sărat солёный solený soljen usoljen saltad มีเกลือหรือดองด้วยเกลือ tuzlu ..., salamura 含鹽的，用鹽醃的 солоний; засолений نمکین có ướp muối...
    negative
31. Skepticism and common sense.
    figuratively, uncountable
32. Tears; indignation; outrage; arguing.
    Internet, uncountable
33. The money demanded by Eton schoolboys during the montem.
    UK, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt”

“Take gode almaunde mylke y-draw wyth wyn, an let hem boyle to-gederys, an caste þer-to Safroun an Salt; […]”

Take good almond milk made with wine, and let it boil together, and add thereto Saffron and Salt; […]

“Common salt, chloride of sodium, appears to be essential to the life of the higher animals.”

“Nando was pierced with grief, but he didn't allow himself to cry. Tears, he knew, would cost his body salt. Without salt, you die.”

“Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.”

“Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts.”

“I never go as a passenger; nor, though I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook.”

“Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen […] we have some salt of our youth in us.”

“Attic salt”

“I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts.”

“Any politician's statements must be taken with a grain of salt, but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of salt.”

“There was so much salt in that thread about the poor casting decision.”

“[…] he hath the skill to draw Their nectar forth, with kissing; and could make More wanton salts from this brave promontory, Down to this valley, than the nimble roe;”

“Both the SALT limitations and the doubled standard deduction expire after 2025, putting SALT on the 2025 menu for lawmakers.”

“In general, income taxes paid or accrued in carrying on a trade or business or an income-producing activity are subject to the SALT cap. The SALT cap is set to expire for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.”

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