salt
salt1 S2 W3 /sɔːlt $ sɒːlt/ 
noun
1. [uncountable] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it:
This might need some salt and pepper.
a pinch of salt (=a very small amount)
Could you pass the salt?
2. the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest
3. take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth:
Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.
4. [countable] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base
⇨ Epsom salts, smelling salts, old salt, ⇨ rub salt into sb’s wounds at rub1(7), ⇨ worth his/her salt at worth1(10)
salt2 verb [transitive]
1. to add salt to food to make it taste better:
salted peanuts
2. (also salt down) to add salt to food to preserve it
salted pork/meat/fish
The meat is salted to store it through the winter.
3. to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icy
salt something ↔ away phrasal verb
to save money for the future, especially dishonestly by hiding it:
She salted the money away in a secret account.
salt3 adjective [only before noun]
1. preserved with salt:
salt pork
2. salt water water that contains salt, especially naturally in the sea
3. consisting of salt water:
a salt lake
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noun Language: Old English
Origin: sealt
Origin: sealt
1. [uncountable] a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it:
2. the salt of the earth someone who is ordinary but good and honest
3. take something with a pinch/grain of salt informal to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth:
4. [countable] technical a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base
⇨ Epsom salts, smelling salts, old salt, ⇨ rub salt into sb’s wounds at rub1(7), ⇨ worth his/her salt at worth1(10)
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verb [transitive]1. to add salt to food to make it taste better:
2. (also salt down) to add salt to food to preserve it
salted pork/meat/fish
3. to put salt on the roads to prevent them from becoming icy
salt something ↔ away phrasal verb
to save money for the future, especially dishonestly by hiding it:
| III |
adjective [only before noun]1. preserved with salt:
2. salt water water that contains salt, especially naturally in the sea
3. consisting of salt water:
SALT
SALT /sɔːlt/
abbreviation for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; talks between the US and the former Soviet Union, which aimed to reach agreement about limiting the number of NUCLEAR WEAPONs that each country kept. Two SALT Treaties (=official agreements) were signed: SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979). ⇨ compare START
SALT /sɔːlt/
abbreviation for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; talks between the US and the former Soviet Union, which aimed to reach agreement about limiting the number of NUCLEAR WEAPONs that each country kept. Two SALT Treaties (=official agreements) were signed: SALT I (1972) and SALT II (1979). ⇨ compare START