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How to pronounce salt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms salinity, saltiness
Type of taste perception, taste, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste sensation
Derivation salty
Type Words
Synonyms strategic arms limitation talks
Type Words
Synonyms common salt, table salt
Type of seasoner, flavouring, flavoring, seasoning, flavorer, flavourer
Derivation salty
Type Words
Type of chemical compound, compound
Has types alkali, ammonium chloride, arsenate, benzoate, bichromate, bile salt, borate, borosilicate, calcium chloride, calcium lactate, calcium octadecanoate, calcium stearate, calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate, carbamate, carbonate, chlorate, chromate, chrome alum, citrate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, acrylate, potassium bitartrate, potassium bromide, potassium chlorate, potassium dichromate, potassium hydrogen tartrate, propenoate, pyrophosphate, sal ammoniac, sal soda, salicylate, silicate, soda, soda ash, sodium bichromate, sodium carbonate, acetate, sodium chlorate, sodium dichromate, sodium fluoride, sulfate, sulfonate, sulphate, tartar, tartrate, thiocyanate, tungstate, urate, vanadate, washing soda, xanthate, cream of tartar, cyanide, dibasic salt, dichromate, double salt, ethanoate, ferricyanide, ferrocyanide, fluoroboride, fluosilicate, fulminate, glauber's salt, glauber's salts, glutamate, halide, hypochlorite, inorganic phosphate, isocyanate, lactate, manganate, microcosmic salt, orthophosphate, oxalacetate, oxalate, oxaloacetate, perchlorate, permanganate, phosphate, polyphosphate
Derivation salty
Type Words
Type of season, flavor, flavour
Derivation salting, salter
Type Words
Type of spice, spice up


She salts her lectures with jokes.
Type Words


salt scorn.
a salt apology.
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Type of preserve, keep
Derivation salter


people used to salt meats on ships.
Type Words
Type of splash, splosh, sprinkle


the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps.

Examples of salt

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In a large bowl, whisk together flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
From the dailyherald.com
Season generously with salt and pepper and drizzle over with a little olive oil.
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If Everest is the roof the world, the bottom of a salt dome could be the cellar.
From the timesunion.com
Sprinkle zucchini with 1 teaspoon salt and leave to drain in a sieve for 1 hour.
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Season the scallop with salt and pepper or some other coarse seasoning, he says.
From the timesunion.com
Let this really coat the vegetables and toss in a little salt for added measure.
From the gothamgal.com
For example, on a recent trip to Salt, Munch noticed there were no salt shakers.
From the post-gazette.com
Brush the steak with the oil, and season on both sides with the salt and pepper.
From the forbes.com
In a large bowl, whisk eggs, milk, thyme, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended.
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  • A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
  • (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
  • Add salt to
  • Sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
  • White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
  • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: 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
  • Salt is a mineral that is composed primarily of sodium chloride. It is essential for animal life in small quantities, but is harmful to animals and plants in excess. Salt flavor is one of the basic tastes, making salt one of the oldest, most ubiquitous food seasonings. ...
  • Salt is an Australian documentary short film by director Michael Angus and photographer Murray Fredericks. It debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2009.
  • Salt is a 2010 American spy action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl and Chiwetel Ejiofor. ...