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salt salt definition

salt


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  salt 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  salt 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  salt 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  salt 
 
  2  senses  of  salt 
 
  Sense  1 
  salt 
  =>  season,  flavor,  flavour 
 
  Sense  2 
  salt 
  =>  preserve,  keep 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  salt 
 
  salt  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  salt 
 
  Sense  1 
  salt 
  =>  season,  flavor,  flavour 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  salt 
  =>  preserve,  keep 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  salt 
  annual  salt-marsh  aster 
  basalt 
  bile  salt 
  celery  salt 
  common  salt 
  dibasic  salt 
  double  salt 
  garlic  salt 
  glauber's  salt 
  great  salt  lake 
  low-salt  diet 
  microcosmic  salt 
  old  salt 
  onion  salt 
  pepper-and-salt 
  perennial  salt  marsh  aster 
  rochelle  salt 
  rock  salt 
  salt 
  salt-free  diet 
  salt-rising  bread 
  salt  cod 
  salt  depletion 
  salt  flat 
  salt  i 
  salt  ii 
  salt  lake  city 
  salt  lick 
  salt  marsh  mallow 
  salt  merchant 
  salt  mine 
  salt  plain 
  salt  pork 
  salt  reed  grass 
  salt  rush 
  salt  shaker 
  salt  tree 
  saltation 
  saltbox 
  saltbush 
  saltcellar 
  salter 
  saltine 
  saltiness 
  salting 
  saltire 
  saltpan 
  saltpeter 
  saltpetre 
  saltshaker 
  saltwater 
  saltwater  fish 
  saltworks 
  saltwort 
  saltwort  family 
  seasoned  salt 
  sour  salt 
  table  salt 
 
  Overview  of  noun  salt 
 
  The  noun  salt  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (26)  salt  --  (a  compound  formed  by  replacing  hydrogen  in  an  acid  by  a  metal  (or  a  radical  that  acts  like  a  metal)) 
  2.  (5)  salt,  table  salt,  common  salt  --  (white  crystalline  form  of  especially  sodium  chloride  used  to  season  and  preserve  food) 
  3.  Strategic  Arms  Limitation  Talks,  SALT  --  (negotiations  between  the  US  and  the  USSR  opened  in  1969  in  Helsinki  designed  to  limit  both  countries'  stock  of  nuclear  weapons) 
  4.  salt,  saltiness,  salinity  --  (the  taste  experience  when  salt  is  taken  into  the  mouth) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  salt 
 
  The  verb  salt  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  salt  --  (add  salt  to) 
  2.  salt  --  (preserve  with  salt,  as  of  meats) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  salt 
 
  The  adj  salt  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  salt  --  (containing  or  filled  with  salt;  "salt  water") 
  2.  (1)  salt  --  ((rare;  of  speech)  painful;  bitter;  "salt  scorn"-  Shakespeare;  "a  salt  apology") 
  3.  salty,  salt  --  (one  of  the  four  basic  taste  sensations;  like  the  taste  of  sea  water) 
  4.  salt,  salted,  salt-cured  --  ((used  especially  of  meats)  preserved  in  salt) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  salt 
 
  4  senses  of  salt 
 
  Sense  1 
  salt  (vs.  fresh) 
 
  fresh  (vs.  salt) 
  =>  freshwater 
  =>  sweet,  unsalty 
 
  Sense  2 
  salt 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sharp)  ->  dull 
 
  Sense  3 
  salty,  salt 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  tasteful)  ->  tasteless 
 
  Sense  4 
  salt(postnominal),  salted,  salt-cured 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  preserved)  ->  fresh 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  salt 
 
  4  senses  of  salt 
 
  Sense  1 
  salt  (vs.  fresh) 
  =>  brackish,  briny 
  =>  saliferous 
  =>  saline,  salty 
  Also  See->  tasteful#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  salt 
  =>  sharp  (vs.  dull) 
 
  Sense  3 
  salty,  salt 
  =>  tasteful  (vs.  tasteless) 
 
  Sense  4 
  salt(postnominal),  salted,  salt-cured 
  =>  preserved  (vs.  fresh) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  salt 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  salt 
 
  salt  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  salt 
  salt 
  salt-cured 
  salted 
  saltwater 
  salty 
 
  Overview  of  noun  salt 
 
  The  noun  salt  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (26)  salt  --  (a  compound  formed  by  replacing  hydrogen  in  an  acid  by  a  metal  (or  a  radical  that  acts  like  a  metal)) 
  2.  (5)  salt,  table  salt,  common  salt  --  (white  crystalline  form  of  especially  sodium  chloride  used  to  season  and  preserve  food) 
  3.  Strategic  Arms  Limitation  Talks,  SALT  --  (negotiations  between  the  US  and  the  USSR  opened  in  1969  in  Helsinki  designed  to  limit  both  countries'  stock  of  nuclear  weapons) 
  4.  salt,  saltiness,  salinity  --  (the  taste  experience  when  salt  is  taken  into  the  mouth) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  salt 
 
  The  verb  salt  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  salt  --  (add  salt  to) 
  2.  salt  --  (preserve  with  salt,  as  of  meats) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  salt 
 
  The  adj  salt  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  salt  --  (containing  or  filled  with  salt;  "salt  water") 
  2.  (1)  salt  --  ((rare;  of  speech)  painful;  bitter;  "salt  scorn"-  Shakespeare;  "a  salt  apology") 
  3.  salty,  salt  --  (one  of  the  four  basic  taste  sensations;  like  the  taste  of  sea  water) 
  4.  salt,  salted,  salt-cured  --  ((used  especially  of  meats)  preserved  in  salt) 



salt definition