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noun

ˈsȯlt How to pronounce salt (audio)
Definition of saltnext
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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salt

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adjective

as in saline
of, relating to, or containing salt the oceans are salt water

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salt

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verb

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
Noun
As winter set in, Hopper made numerous excursions, trekking up to the Dixie Kitchen diner in Midtown to sketch the coffee urns, as well as salt and pepper shakers, cups, and napkin dispensers. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Today’s amphibians cannot live in marine environments due to their salt-intolerant skin. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Adjective
The company accelerated output from its reserves in the pre-salt, a deep-water region that delivers roughly 80% of Brazil’s crude production. — Mariana Durao, Bloomberg, 6 Mar. 2026 Visitors are not allowed to drink anything underground because the floors — the walls, too — are salt. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
Remove pan from heat and return brussels sprouts and chicken to pan; top with 1 cup salted roasted pecans, coarsely chopped. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026 While today's freezers are packed with ice cream flavors such as cookies and cream, salted caramel and mint chocolate chip, some old-time favorites seem to have melted away. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salt
  1. sailor
  2. saline
  3. mix
  4. mariner
  5. salty
  6. weave
  7. tar
  8. insert
Noun
  • Bulgarians voted against a backdrop of growing economic hardship and drone attacks on Black Sea shipping, which have left several sailors dead or missing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Out in the harbor, the skeletons of derelict ships abandoned by sailors who had gone searching for gold formed the first and strangest San Francisco skyline.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of sailor
Adjective
  • Lagar de Fornelos 2021 Lindeiros has aromas of jasmine, honeydew melon, and green apple with flavors of melon, apple, and peach accented by bracing minerality and a saline finish.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
  • One easy solution is to irrigate your nose with a saline spray or rinse, says Amin.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of saline
Verb
  • Coffee growing in Ethiopia is dominated by smallholders, whose beans are mixed together and sold on.
    — Damian Zane, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Billed as Pokémon Night Out, the show mixed together the creatures from the popular video games and trading cards with the lasers, pyrotechnics and mind-blowing visuals of EDM music.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of mix
Noun
  • And the fact that he was made an officer in the Provincial Marine by the British is a sign of his quality as a mariner and a leader.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • According to family history, DaCosta Levy’s family lineage traced to Portugal, where his ancestors had been mariners — almost certainly Sephardic Jews who scattered across the Atlantic world after the Inquisition.
    — Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of mariner
Adjective
  • Introduced to Virginia rivers decades ago, the fish have proved able to tolerate the saltier waters of the bay and are now outcompeting native species.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Onion and garlic build the base, red pepper flakes bring heat, and Parmesan and lemon zest keep things salty, nutty, and bright.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of salty
Verb
  • Eller took a long pass from Aaron Ekblad just inside the blue line, weaved down the right side and ripped a wrist shot from the circle past Chicago goaltender Spencer Knight.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Chiefs had no answer for Smith-Njigba, who bobbed and weaved his way through the defense for nine catches, 150 yards and a touchdown.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of weave
Noun
  • Breaking the dependency loop For people trying to quit vaping, health providers warn that switching to cigarettes reintroduces harmful toxins, tar and carbon monoxide.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The company said Venezuela assigned its new oil fields to exploit in the country’s Orinoco Belt, a region that produces thick, sludgy, tar-like oil that many US Gulf-area refining facilities are tailor made to refine.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of tar
Verb
  • Days later, Biden took the unusual step of inserting himself into state politics and publicly backed the bill.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Inlexzo device goes in a small tube that's inserted through the urethra.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of insert

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