salt out

salted out; salting out; salts out

Definition of salt out

transitive verb

: to precipitate, coagulate, or separate (something, such as a dissolved substance) especially from a solution by the addition of salt

intransitive verb

: to become salted out

Examples of salt out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The village also started paying for road salt out its general fund instead of using taxes from gasoline sales. — Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, "Improvements planned for Y-shaped Beach Park intersection with history of fatal crashes," 3 May 2018 Using wave energy to pump seawater directly into a desalination plant would also dramatically reduce the carbon footprint left behind when stripping the salt out of the sea. — Ben Ikenson, Popular Mechanics, "Wave-Powered Water Pumps Could Become a New Source of Clean Energy," 25 Oct. 2017 Among the kosher salts out there, though, there's a big difference in the size and shape of the salt crystals and therefore a difference in how salty each tastes by volume. — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, "How Much Salt Should You Put in Pasta Water?," 19 Aug. 2017

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“Salt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20out. Accessed 16 Jan. 2021.

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