salt out
verbDefinition of salt out
: to precipitate, coagulate, or separate (something, such as a dissolved substance) especially from a solution by the addition of salt
: to become salted out
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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. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'salt out.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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