Definition:
salts
- saltsa 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
- saltsmineral or saline mixture (as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic
- saltssubstance (as Glauber's salt) resembling common salt
- saltsingredient that gives savor, piquancy, or zest flavor a people à full of life, vigor, and the salt of personality Clifton Fadiman
- saltsdependable steadfast person or group of people usually used in the phrase salt of the earth
- saltsSALT, to treat with a preservative
- saltsserve skepticism usually used in the phrases with a grain of salt and with a pinch of salt
- saltscontainer 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