Synonyms for salt

Synonyms for (noun) salt

Synonyms: salinity, salt, saltiness

Definition: the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

Similar words: taste, taste perception, taste sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation

Definition: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

Usage: the candy left him with a bad taste; the melon had a delicious taste


Synonyms: SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Definition: 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

Similar words: diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations

Definition: negotiation between nations


Synonyms: table salt, salt, common salt

Definition: white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

Similar words: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

Definition: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts


Synonyms: salt

Definition: a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Similar words: compound, chemical compound

Definition: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight


Synonyms for (verb) salt

Synonyms: salt

Definition: preserve with salt

Usage: people used to salt meats on ships

Similar words: keep, preserve

Definition: prevent (food) from rotting

Usage: preserved meats; keep potatoes fresh


Synonyms: salt

Definition: add zest or liveliness to

Usage: She salts her lectures with jokes

Similar words: spice, spice up

Definition: make more interesting or flavorful

Usage: Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer


Synonyms: salt

Definition: sprinkle as if with salt

Usage: the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps

Similar words: splash, splosh, sprinkle

Definition: cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

Usage: She splashed the water around her


Synonyms: salt

Definition: add salt to

Similar words: season, flavor, flavour

Definition: lend flavor to

Usage: Season the chicken breast after roasting it


Synonyms for (adj) salt

Synonyms: salt

Definition: (of speech) painful or bitter

Usage: salt scorn- Shakespeare; a salt apology

Similar words: sharp

Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

Usage: a sharp pain; sharp winds


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