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Noun salt has 4 senses

salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
--₁ is a kind of compound, chemical compound
--₁ has particulars:

acetate, ethanoate; arsenate; chlorate; dibasic salt; hypochlorite; pyrophosphate; sulfonate; perchlorate; alkali; ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac; benzoate; borate; borosilicate; calcium lactate; calcium stearate, calcium octadecanoate; carbamate; carbonate; fulminate; chromate; cyanide; potassium bromide; potassium chlorate; potassium dichromate; ferricyanide; ferrocyanide; fluoroboride; fluosilicate; glutamate; halide; isocyanate; calcium chloride; calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate; manganate; chrome alum; tartrate; oxalacetate, oxaloacetate; oxalate; permanganate; phosphate, orthophosphate, inorganic phosphate; polyphosphate; propenoate, acrylate; salicylate; double salt; bile salt; Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts; cream of tartar, tartar, potassium hydrogen tartrate; sodium chlorate; bichromate, dichromate; sodium dichromate, sodium bichromate; microcosmic salt; silicate; sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash, soda; sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; sodium fluoride; sulfate, sulphate; thiocyanate; tungstate; urate; vanadate; xanthate

salt, table salt, common salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
--₂ is a kind of flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

Derived forms: verb salt₄, verb salt₁
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, SALT - negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
--₃ is a kind of diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations
salt, saltiness, salinity - the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
--₄ is a kind of taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception

Derived forms: verb salt₄, verb salt₁

Verb salt has 4 senses

salt - add salt to
--₁ is one way to season, flavor, flavour

Derived forms: noun salt₄, noun salt₂, noun salter₁, noun salting₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
salt - sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
--₂ is one way to sprinkle, splash, splosh
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes"
--₃ is one way to spice, spice up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
--₄ is one way to preserve, keep

Derived forms: noun salt₄, noun salt₂, noun salter₁
Sample sentence:
The chefs salt the vegetables