salt
🇺🇸
/sɔːlt/
🇬🇧
/sɔːlt/
noun
A1
A white substance added to food to improve taste or preserve it.
Add a pinch of salt to make the soup taste better.
R
A chemical made from a metal and an acid.
Salt is used in many chemical processes.
R
A substance that looks or tastes like salt.
Bath salt can help relax your muscles.
verb
R
To add salt to food.
Remember to salt the vegetables before cooking.
R
To preserve food with salt.
People used to salt fish to keep it from spoiling.
R
To put salt on roads to melt ice.
The city will salt the roads to prevent ice buildup.
adjective
R
Containing or tasting like salt.
Salt water is not safe to drink.
translation
A white substance added to food to improve taste or preserve it.; A chemical made from a metal and an acid.; A substance that looks or tastes like salt.
To add salt to food.; To preserve food with salt.; To put salt on roads to melt ice.
Containing or tasting like salt.
Word Forms
Plural
salts
Progressive
salting
Past
salted
Perfect
salted
3rd Present
salts