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SALT

• salty (tasting of or containing salt) [adj SALTER, SALTEST] / to treat with salt (a crystalline compound used as a seasoning and preservative) [v SALTED, SALTING, SALTS]
• serve skepticism usually used in the phrases with a grain of salt and with a pinch of salt
• dependable steadfast person or group of people usually used in the phrase salt of the earth
• sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food
• chemical compound derived from an acid and a base
• sailor
• to season or preserve with salt
• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• to preserve by adding quantities of salt to, as meat
• to keep in reserve; store away; save
• to separate (a dissolved substance) from a solution by the addition of a salt, esp. common salt
• to be skeptical about
• with reserve or allowance; with an attitude of skepticism
• deserving of one's wages or salary
• a 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
• substance (as Glauber's salt) resembling common salt
• mineral or saline mixture (as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic
• container 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
• ingredient that gives savor, piquancy, or zest flavor a people à full of life, vigor, and the salt of personality Clifton Fadiman
• to treat with a preservative [v -ED, -ING, -S] / salty (tasting of salt) [adj SALTER, SALTEST]

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