salt lick

noun

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Plus, with a salt lick and waterhole directly in front of the villa’s pool, wildlife will come right to you. Chris Liebenberg, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025 The sure-footed climber has been observed hoofing up to 18 miles to get to a salt lick. Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022 Fans can book reservations to score a Mooby’s Meal with their choice of a Moo Main and Salt Lick Side (vegan and non-vegan options available) as well as a Mooby’s Soda, Mooby’s Chronic Con Beer, other salt lick side items and desserts. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022 That ended when a few friendly deer wandered into camp and started treating the sweats like a salt lick. The Editors, Outside Online, 19 June 2022 The clay in the salt lick provides minerals that help counter poisonous secondary compounds found in the plants eaten by tapirs. Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt lick was in 1751

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“Salt lick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20lick. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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