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The correct spelling is salt.
How to pronounce salt
/sɔlt/
nounIPA: /sɔlt/
Say it like: Sal-t
The correct spelling is salt. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative. For example: "Attic salt"
Usage Examples
“Attic salt”
“to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter”
“The brine begins to salt.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- 2.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.A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- 4.A sailor (also old salt).
- 5.Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
verb
- 1.To add salt to.
- 2.To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- 3.To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- 4.To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- 5.To include colorful language in.
adjective
- 1.Salty; salted.
- 2.Saline.
- 3.Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- 4.Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- 5.Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
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