| SALT (sôlt) abbr. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| salt (sôlt) n. 1. A colorless or white crystalline solid, chiefly sodium chloride, used extensively in ground or granulated form as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, table salt. 2. A chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals. 3. salts Any of various mineral salts used as laxatives or cathartics. 4. salts Smelling salts. 5. Epsom salts. Often used in the plural. 6. An element that gives flavor or zest. 7. Sharp lively wit. 8. Informal A sailor, especially when old or experienced. 9. A saltcellar. adj. 1. Containing or filled with salt: a salt spray; salt tears. 2. Having a salty taste or smell: breathed the salt air. 3. Preserved in salt or a salt solution: salt mackerel. 4. a. Flooded with seawater. b. Found in or near such a flooded area: salt grasses. tr.v. salt·ed, salt·ing, salts Phrasal Verbs: 1. To add, treat, season, or sprinkle with salt. 2. To cure or preserve by treating with salt or a salt solution. 3. To provide salt for (deer or cattle). 4. To add zest or liveliness to: salt a lecture with anecdotes. 5. To give an appearance of value to by fraudulent means, especially to place valuable minerals in (a mine) for the purpose of deceiving. salt away To put aside; save. salt out Idioms: To separate (a dissolved substance) by adding salt to the solution. salt of the earth A person or group considered as the best or noblest part of society. worth (one's) salt Efficient and capable. [Middle English, from Old English sealt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.] |
salt [sɔːlt]
n
1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food
2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (modifier) preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water salt pork salt marshes
3. (Chemistry) Chem any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base
4. liveliness or pungency his wit added salt to the discussion
5. dry or laconic wit
6. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced
7. (Cookery) short for saltcellar
rub salt into someone's wounds to make someone's pain, shame, etc., even worse
salt of the earth a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind
with a grain (or pinch) of salt with reservations; sceptically
worth one's salt efficient; worthy of one's pay
vb (tr)
1. (Cookery) to season or preserve with salt
2. to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc.) to melt the ice
3. to add zest to
4. (Cookery) (often foll by down or away) to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution
5. (Chemistry) Chem to treat with common salt or other chemical salt
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to provide (cattle, etc.) with salt
7. (Mining & Quarrying) to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc.)
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty
SALT [sɔːlt]
n acronym for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty
| salt (sôlt) 1. Any of a large class of chemical compounds formed when a positively charged ion (a cation) bonds with a negatively charged ion (an anion), as when a halogen bonds with a metal. Salts are water soluble; when dissolved, the ions are freed from each other, and the electrical conductivity of the water is increased. See more at complex saltdouble saltsimple salt 2. A colorless or white crystalline salt in which a sodium atom (the cation) is bonded to a chlorine atom (the anion). This salt is found naturally in all animal fluids, in seawater, and in underground deposits (when it is often called halite). It is used widely as a food seasoning and preservative. Also called common salt, sodium chloride, table salt. Chemical formula: NaCl. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)citrate - a salt or ester of citric acid arsenate - a salt or ester of arsenic acid chlorate - any salt of chloric acid dibasic salt - a salt derived by replacing two hydrogen atoms per molecule hypochlorite - any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid pyrophosphate - a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid sulfonate - a salt of sulphonic acid lactate - a salt or ester of lactic acid perchlorate - a salt of perchloric acid alkali - a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac - a white salt used in dry cells benzoate - any salt or ester of benzoic acid borate - a salt or ester of boric acid borosilicate - a salt of boric and silicic acids calcium lactate - a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium calcium octadecanoate, calcium stearate - an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water carbamate - a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid carbonate - a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) fulminate - a salt or ester of fulminic acid chromate - any salt or ester of chromic acid chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight cyanide - an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid potassium bromide - a white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography potassium chlorate - a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent potassium dichromate - an orange-red salt used in making dyes and in photography ferricyanide - salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide ferrocyanide - salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate fluoroboride - a salt of fluoroboric acid fluosilicate - salt of fluosilicic acid glutamate - a salt or ester of glutamic acid halide - a salt of any halogen acid isocyanate - a salt or ester of isocyanic acid calcium chloride - a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate - a white salt (CaSO4) manganate - a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion chrome alum - a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing tartrate - a salt or ester of tartaric acid oxalacetate, oxaloacetate - a salt or ester of oxalacetic acid oxalate - a salt or ester of oxalic acid permanganate - a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic polyphosphate - a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid acrylate, propenoate - a salt or ester of propenoic acid salicylate - a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs) double salt - a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization bile salt - a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids Glauber's salt, Glauber's salts - (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate, tartar - a salt used especially in baking powder |
| 2. |  salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food | |
| 3. | 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 | |
| 4. | salt - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" | |
| Verb | 1. | salt - add salt to cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| 2. | salt - sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps" | |
| 3. | salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes" | |
| 4. | salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | |
| Adj. | 1. | salt - (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology" sharp - keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
salt
noun
1. seasoning, sodium chloride, table salt, rock salt a pinch of salt
verb
add salt to, flavour with salt Salt the stock to your taste.
adjective
salty, salted, saline, brackish, briny Put a pan of salt water on to boil.
rub salt into the wound make something worse, add insult to injury, fan the flames, aggravate matters, magnify a problem I had no intention of rubbing salt into his wounds.
with a grain or pinch of salt sceptically, suspiciously, cynically, doubtfully, with reservations, disbelievingly, mistrustfully You have to take these findings with a pinch of salt.
Translations
salt [sɔːlt]
A. N
D. CPD salt beef N → carne f de vaca salada
salt fish N → pescado m salado, pescado m en salazón
salt flats NPL → salinas fpl
salt lake N → lago m de agua salada
salt marsh N → saladar m, salina f
salt mine N → mina f de sal
salt pan N → salina f
salt shaker N → salero m
salt spoon N → cucharita f de sal
salt water N → agua f salada
see also saltwater
salt fish N → pescado m salado, pescado m en salazón
salt flats NPL → salinas fpl
salt lake N → lago m de agua salada
salt marsh N → saladar m, salina f
salt mine N → mina f de sal
salt pan N → salina f
salt shaker N → salero m
salt spoon N → cucharita f de sal
salt water N → agua f salada
see also saltwater
SALT [ˈsɔːlt] n abbr (=Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) → SALT m (also SALT treaty) → accord m SALT
salt [ˈsɔːlt]
salt [ˈsɔːlt]
n (for cooking, eating) → sel m
the salt of the earth
He is the salt of the earth → C'est quelqu'un de bien.
They are the salt of the earth → Ce sont des gens bien.
to take sth with a pinch of salt → ne pas prendre qch au pied de la lettre
any doctor worth his salt, any doctor worth their salt → tout médecin digne de ce nom, tout médecin qui se respecte
to rub salt into the wound → remuer le couteau dans la plaie
the salt of the earth
He is the salt of the earth → C'est quelqu'un de bien.
They are the salt of the earth → Ce sont des gens bien.
to take sth with a pinch of salt → ne pas prendre qch au pied de la lettre
any doctor worth his salt, any doctor worth their salt → tout médecin digne de ce nom, tout médecin qui se respecte
to rub salt into the wound → remuer le couteau dans la plaie
vt [+ food] → saler
SALT abbr of Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty → SALT
salt
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salt
n
(Cook, Chem) → Salz nt; (for icy roads) → Streusalz nt; salt of the earth (fig) → Salz der Erde; to be worth one’s salt (fig) → etwas taugen; to take something with a pinch (Brit) or grain (US) of salt (fig) → etw nicht ganz für bare Münze or nicht ganz so wörtlich nehmen; to rub salt into somebody’s wounds (fig) → Salz in jds Wunde streuen or reiben ? old salt
salts pl (= smelling salts) → Riechsalz nt; (for bowels) → salinisches Abführmittel; that drink went through me like a dose of salts (inf) → das Getränk hat mich richtig durchgeputzt (inf); the new director went through the board like a dose of salts (inf) → der neue Direktor hat im Vorstand mit eisernem Besen ausgekehrt
(fig: = zest, flavour) → Würze f
adj
salt:
salt flats
pl → Salztonebene f
salt-free
adj → salzlos
salt:
salt lake
n → Salzsee m
salt lick
n → Salzlecke f
salt marsh
n → Salzsumpf m
salt mine
n → Salzbergwerk nt
salt:
saltpan
n → Salzpfanne f
saltpetre, (US) saltpeter
n → Salpeter m
salt shaker
n → Salzstreuer m
salt tax
n → Salzsteuer f
salt water
n → Salzwasser nt
saltwater
saltworks
n sing or pl → Saline f
SALT [sɔːlt] n abbr =Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty → S.A.L.T. m
salt [sɔːlt]
SALT [sɔːlt] n abbr =Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty → S.A.L.T. m
salt [sɔːlt]
salt [sɔːlt]
1. n → sale m
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
2. vt (flavour) → salare; (preserve) → conservare sotto sale
3. adj (water) → salato/a; (beef, meat) → salato/a, sotto sale; (mine) → di sale; (spoon) → per il sale
salt away vt + adv (fam) → mettere da parte
SALT [sɔːlt] n abbr =Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty → S.A.L.T. m
salt [sɔːlt]
1. n → sale m
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
to rub salt into the wound (fig) → rigirare il coltello nella piaga
not to be worth one's salt → non valere un granché
he's the salt of the earth → è un brav'uomo
an old salt → un lupo di mare
see also salts
2. vt (flavour) → salare; (preserve) → conservare sotto sale
3. adj (water) → salato/a; (beef, meat) → salato/a, sotto sale; (mine) → di sale; (spoon) → per il sale
salt away vt + adv (fam) → mettere da parte
n salt [soːlt]
1 (alsocommon salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning The soup needs more salt. sout مِلْح сол sůl salt das Salz αλάτι sal sool نمك suola sel מֶלַח नमक sol, natrijev klorid só garam salt sale 塩 소금 druska sāls garam zout salt sól sal sare соль soľ sol so salt เกลือ tuz 鹽 кухонна сіль نمک muối 盐
2 any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid. sout مِلْح كيميائي хим. сол sůl salt das Salz άλας sal sool چاشني suola sel מֶלַח लवण tvar tvorena od metala i kiseline só garam salt sale 塩基 염 druska sāls garam zout salt sól sal săruri соль soľ sol so salt สารซึ่งจับเป็นขี้เกลือ ... tuzu 鹽類 сіль نمک کی طرح کسی دھات اور اور حامض سے بننے والا مرکب chất đậm đà 盐类
3 a sailor, especially an experienced one an old salt. gesoute seeman بَحّار ماهِر опитен моряк mořský vlk søulk der Seebär ναυτικός (συν. έμπειρος) (viejo) lobo de mar (vana) merekaru ملوان كهنه كار merikarhu (vieux) loup de mer מָלַח וָתִיק नमक-दान iskusni pomorac vén tengeri medve pelaut reyndur sjómaður marinaio 老練な船乗り 뱃사람 jūrų vilkas pieredzējis jūrnieks; jūras vilks pelaut yang berpengalaman zeerob sjøulk wilk morski marujo lup-de-mare бывалый моряк; морской волк morský vlk morski volk iskusan mornar sjöbjörn ที่มีรสเดิม tecrübeli denizci (老練的)水手 бувалий моряк, морський вовк تجربہ کار جہازی thủy thủ lão luyện （老练的）水手
adj
containing, tasting of, preserved in salt salt water; salt pork. gesout, ingesout مالِح посолен slaný salt-; saltet Salz-... αλμυρός, αλατισμένος, παστός salado soola- ملح suola- salé מָלוּח नमकीन, खारा slan, posoljen sós (ízű), sózott asin salt-, saltaður salato 塩をふくむ 짠 sūrus sāļš masin zout salt-, saltaktig solony, słony salgado sărat солёный slaný slan slan salt, salt-, saltad เป็นเกลือ tuzlu, tuzlanmış 含鹽的，用鹽醃的 солоний نمک میں محفوظ کیا ہوا tẩm muối, ướp muối 含盐的
v
to put salt on or in Have you salted the potatoes? sout, gesout يُمَلِّح соля (o)solit salte salzen αλατίζω salar, 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, salte (po)solić salgar a săra (по)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
adj salted
(negativeunsalted) containing or preserved with salt salted butter; salted beef. gesoute مُمَلَّح، مُقَدَّد осолен solený saltet; salt- gesalzen αλατισμένος, παστός salado soolatud, soola- با نمك suolattu, suola- salé מָלוּחַ लवणित, नमकीन slan, zasoljen sós, sózott asin saltaður, salt- salato 塩づけの 소금에 절인 sūdytas sālīts bergaram gezouten saltet solony salgado sărat солёный solený soljen usoljen saltad มีเกลือหรือดองด้วยเกลือ tuzlu..., salamura 含鹽的，用鹽醃的 солоний; засолений نمکین có ướp muối, có muối 腌的
n saltness
southeid مُلوحَه، تَمْليح соленост slanost salthed die Salzigkeit αλμυρότητα salinidad; salobridad soolasus نمكي suolaisuus salure, salinité מְלִיחוּת नमकीन, खारीपन slanost sósság rasa asin selta salinità, l'essere salato 塩気 소금기, 짠맛 sûrumas sāļums kemasinan zoutheid det som er salt fakt bycia słonym salinidade salinitate солёность slanosť slanost slanost sälta, salthalt, salt smak ความเค็ม tuzluluk 含鹽度，鹹性 вміст солі ملاحت sự có vị muối 含盐度，咸性
adj salty
containing or tasting of salt Tears are salty water. soutig مالِح солен slaný salt-; saltet salzig αλμυρός salado soolane شور suolainen salé מָלוּחַ नमकीन slan sós (ízű) asin saltur salato 塩気のある 짠 sūrus sāļš masin zout salt(-), bitter słony salgado sărat солёный slaný slan slan salt, salthaltig เค็ม tuzlu 鹹的 солоний نمک والا mặn 咸的
n saltiness
soutigheid مُلوحَه осоленост slanost saltholdighed die Salzigkeit αλμυρότητα salinidad; salobridad soolasus شوري suolaisuus salure, salinité מְלִיחוּת लावणिकता, नमकीनी slanost sósság rasa asin selta salinità 塩気 염분 함유 sūrumas sāļums sifat yang masin zoutheid salthet słoność o salgado salinitate солёность slanosť slanost slanoća sälta, salthalt เหมือนเกลือ tuzluluk 鹹性 смак солі; солонуватість نمکینی tính mặn 咸性
bath salts
a usually perfumed mixture of certain salts added to bath water. badsout أمْلاح الإسْتِحْمام соли за баня koupelová sůl badesalt das Badesalz άλατα μπάνιου sales de baño vannisool حمام آب معدني kylpysuola sels de bain מִלחֵי אַמבָּט नहाने के पानी में मिलाया जाने वाला मिश्रण soli za kupku fürdősó garam mandi baðsalt sali da bagno 諭p塩 목욕용 소금 vonios druskos vannas sāls mandian garam badzout badesalt sole kąpielowe sais de banho săruri de baie соль для ванной kúpeľová soľ kopalne soli soli za kupanje badsalt เกลืออาบน้ำ parfümlü banyo tuzu 浴鹽 сіль для ванн نہانے کے پانی میں مختلف قسم کے نمکوں کا خوشبودار مرکب thuốc muối pha nước tắm 盐水浴
the salt of the earth
a very good or worthy person People like her are the salt of the earth. sout van die aarde, goeie persoon خِيار النّاس най-ценни хора sůl země jordens salt das Salz der Erde το άλας της γης (μτφ.) valer su peso en oro, valer un Perú/Potosí, valer un imperio maa sool اشحاص فرشتهحو و نيك سيرت esimerkillinen ihminen le sel de la terre הַעִילִית שֶׁבַּחֲבוּרָה महान पूरूष dobra i vrijedna osoba a föld sója garam dunia salt jarðar, úrvalsfólk il sale della terra 地の塩, 善人 세상의 소금, 인격이 뛰어난 사람 žemės druska zemes sāls sangat baik het zout der aarde jordas salt, de utvalgte sól ziemi alma de Deus pâinea lui Dumnezeu соль земли dobrý, užitočný človek sol zemlje poštenjačina jordens salt คนที่ดีมาก ๆ หรือคนที่มีคุณค่าน่ายกย่อง dünya tatlısı 高尚人士，社會中堅份子 сіль землі; найкраща людина بہت نیک اور بھلا آدمی người tử tế 高尚的人，社会中坚
take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt
to receive (a statement, news etc) with a slight feeling of disbelief I took his story with a pinch of salt. neem dit met 'n knippie sout يَسْمَع بِتَحَفُّظ приемам с резерва se zrnkem soli tage med et gran salt mit Vorbehalt αντιμετωπίζω κτ. με επιφύλαξη escuchar con reservas ettevaatlikult suhtuma چيزي را با قيد احتياط پذيرفتن suhtautua varauksin prendre (qqch.) avec un grain de sel לְקַבֵּל בְּהִסתַייגוּת अतिशयोक्तिपूर्ण, अविश्वास-पूर्ण समझना, पर विश्वास नहीं करना primiti s nevjericom fenntartással fogad vmit kurang percaya taka e-u með fyrirvara prendere qualcosa cum grano salis, prendere qualcosa con beneficio d'inventario 加減して聞く 약간의 의심을 가지다 nepriimti (ko) už gryną pinigą izturēties kritiski/skeptiski; neņemt par pilnu dengan ragu-ragu met een korreltje zout nemen ta (noe) med en klype salt przyjmować (coś) z przymrużeniem oka desconfiar a avea rezerve faţă de ceva относиться (к чему-л.) скептически s rezervou z zrncem soli primiti nešto s oprezom ta ngt med en nypa salt ได้รับข่าวที่ไม่น่าเชื่อ kuşkuyla karşılamak 對(說詞、消息等)持保留態度或存疑 ставитися до чогось з недовірою ناقابل یقین đón nhận cái gì với một sự hoài nghi nhỏ 有保留地，不完全相信
SALT → مِلحْ sůl salt Salz αλάτι sal suola sel sol sale 塩 소금 zout salt sól sal соль salt เกลือ tuz muối 盐
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