chiefly British
: land flooded regularly by tides
—usually used in plural
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On Tuesday night, Mayor O'Connor said 50 city vehicles will be plowing and salting.
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Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s why salting can prevent ice from forming or help melt what’s already there.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Keeping up with snow shoveling and salting sidewalks is a tough task.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
Just a lot of salting rims and shaking.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Some deli meats are nitrate-free and are generally preserved by other methods like salting, smoking, and vacuum packaging.11 However, smoking and salting also have disadvantages.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Of course, humans did learn how to preserve foods through salting, smoking and freezing foods that would otherwise rot.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Sign up This salting technique might be Rodgers' finest legacy.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
Recipes editor Becky Krystal wrote a helpful how-to guide all about the nightshade that is botanically a fruit but treated in cooking as a vegetable, answering common questions about salting, texture, cooking methods and more.
—Anna Rodriguez, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s why salting can prevent ice from forming or help melt what’s already there.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Keeping up with snow shoveling and salting sidewalks is a tough task.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026
Just a lot of salting rims and shaking.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Some deli meats are nitrate-free and are generally preserved by other methods like salting, smoking, and vacuum packaging.11 However, smoking and salting also have disadvantages.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Of course, humans did learn how to preserve foods through salting, smoking and freezing foods that would otherwise rot.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Sign up This salting technique might be Rodgers' finest legacy.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
Recipes editor Becky Krystal wrote a helpful how-to guide all about the nightshade that is botanically a fruit but treated in cooking as a vegetable, answering common questions about salting, texture, cooking methods and more.
—Anna Rodriguez, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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“Salting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salting. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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