as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
an old salt who taught me everything I know about sailing and the sea
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as in to mix
to scatter or set here and there among other things
the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language
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Recent Examples of salt
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
An older study from 2012 found that salt (sodium chloride) has antifungal properties.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
Here, the country starts looking seriously poor—more salt scrub than sagebrush.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Or, keep things low-key with a night in at the hotel’s restaurant, which serves up a varied menu of everything from salted sticky toffee pudding to wood-roasted squash to a good old fashioned cheeseburger.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
First, washing the resulting powder with water removes soluble lithium salts created during the thermal reaction, recovering more than 60% of the total lithium.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
An older study from 2012 found that salt (sodium chloride) has antifungal properties.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The only seasonings in this corn casserole are salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
Here, the country starts looking seriously poor—more salt scrub than sagebrush.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Verb
Maple, brown butter, sweet potato and even salted caramel, each having their own respective loyalists.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Or, keep things low-key with a night in at the hotel’s restaurant, which serves up a varied menu of everything from salted sticky toffee pudding to wood-roasted squash to a good old fashioned cheeseburger.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salt
Noun
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After the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and the racial injustice protests in 2020, more people and institutions questioned the narrative of Columbus as only an intrepid sailor and explorer, arguing for a more complete understanding of his historical impact.—
Terry Tang,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Nearby, a similarly ambitious sailor has his crew hacking at ice to free their ship, and continue their mission despite warning bells ringing.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Durability tests further demonstrated stable operation over two weeks in highly concentrated saline solutions with 20% salt content, exceeding the salinity of normal seawater, reported Techxplore.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The miso butterscotch brownie mixes caramel cream, miso and gluten-free dark chocolate brownies.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Reports revealed that there was also a sigh of relief from those who had feared federal officials might be planning a last-minute retreat from the technique known as vitrification, in which waste is mixed with molten silicate and other materials to create inert glass logs.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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While this may cause some disruptions for those located along the northern shorelines and nearby mariners, land impacts will be to a lesser extent with the current path compared to a direct track into the Big Island.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Avoid overly salty or processed options.—
Brittany Poulson,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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Here are a few playful charcuterie board games to get your autumn party started by rolling the dice with some sweet, savory, salty, spicy, and umami seasonal delights.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gregerson’s shows her at the peak of her signature tercets, weaving together the microscopic and the grand threads of science, art, and history into wonderfully rich sonic landscapes.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Following Black generational farmers in the American South, Seeds weaves intimate moments into a poetic tribute to legacy, land, and the enduring ties that bind family and community.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The oily, tar-like creosote inside your firebox can be dissolved with an alkaline cleaner.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Recent economic and life-cycle assessments indicate that converting bio-tar into bio-carbon can deliver net-positive energy, financial, and environmental benefits.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Having a large needle inserted into my spine for 20 minutes in order to collect enough cerebrospinal fluid was terrifying.—
Michelle Maves,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, the real ineptitude occurs a little earlier when River interprets a fight that Gimball has with Jaffrey’s chief of staff, Tyson Bowman (Abraham Popoola), as a physical attack and inserts himself into the scene, setting off this tragicomic series of events.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salt. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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