Definition:
salt
- saltserve skepticism usually used in the phrases with a grain of salt and with a pinch of salt
- saltto preserve by adding quantities of salt to, as meat
- saltmineral or saline mixture (as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic
- saltto separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, esp. common salt
- saltto treat with a preservative / salty (tasting of salt)
- saltdeserving of one's wages or salary
- saltto be skeptical about
- saltto season or preserve with salt
- saltsubstance (as Glauber's salt) resembling common salt
- saltto keep in reserve; store away; save
- saltcontainer for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
- saltStrategic Arms Limitation Talks
- saltchemical compound derived from an acid and a base
- saltingredient that gives savor, piquancy, or zest flavor a people à full of life, vigor, and the salt of personality Clifton Fadiman
- salta crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry called also common salt
- saltsodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food
- saltwith reserve or allowance; with an attitude of skepticism
- saltsailor
- saltdependable steadfast person or group of people usually used in the phrase salt of the earth