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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
But the attorney for the Salgado Araujo family said Thursday the substance was salt that outdoor workers mixed with lemon and water to combat the Texas heat. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 16 July 2026 The companies will produce, refine, and test the molten salt. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Adjective
It is also made with cabbage, but the seasonings are usually just salt. — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026 Then came salt coffee, when a small coffee shop owner in Huế figured that salt and coffee might make for interesting bedfellows. — Arundhati Hazra, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
Nuttles, Disney’s version of chocolate turtles, consisting of milk chocolate, salted caramel and pecans, are available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and often sell out by mid-day. — Tiffany Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026 There also are chocolate chips, sprinkles, coconut flakes, hot fudge, salted caramel sauce and strawberry sauce. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 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
  • The partnership follows Fathom5’s success in Phase III of the Defense Innovation Unit’s NextMRO Prize Challenge, where the company demonstrated software that turned operational Navy maintenance data into applications designed for use by sailors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
Definition of sailor
Adjective
  • Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the region's only white DOCG, has now mostly shaken its reputation for blandness and its best growers are making fresh, saline expressions with shimmering delicacy.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Otherworldly in many ways, Mono Lake is an ancient saline lake on California’s eastern edge.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
Definition of saline
Verb
  • Yankee Stadium in the Bronx keeps expanding its vendor lineup, mixing classic New York fare with viral novelty items.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Stock futures are mixed this morning as semiconductor stocks weigh on the market.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of mix
Noun
  • Passed in 1920, the Jones Act requires that all shipments by water within the United States, including by ocean, be made on ships that are built in America, owned by American companies, and crewed by American mariners.
    — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Centcom said the operation was intended to further diminish Tehran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Joseph Wilkins,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of mariner
Adjective
  • In 2022, northern Italy’s most severe drought in two centuries allowed salty seawater to push upstream into the Po River, creating a favorable environment for female blue crabs to reproduce and for their eggs to develop, Costa said.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • One Gamine fragrance, Heroic Dose, opens with fresh cypress, blue hemp, and salty marine air, but underneath lies an earthy, gritty complexity brought in by cumin and vetiver bourbon.
    — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2026
Definition of salty
Verb
  • Under the supervision of a local artisan, guests sit cross-legged on a carpet beneath a large tree and weave their own small version of the bed.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The superintendent served as master of ceremonies, with performers weaving around him, cameos by celebrities, and slide projections and film sequences appearing on cue to supplement his applause and laugh lines.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of weave
Noun
  • The plasma process also produced very little smoke or tar, reducing harmful secondary pollutants typically associated with biomass conversion and making the technology a cleaner way to produce renewable solid fuel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 July 2026
  • The process also generated minimal smoke and tar compared with conventional biomass treatment methods.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
Definition of tar
Verb
  • The goal is to insert genes from Asian chestnuts, or modify American chestnut genes to act more like those in Asian chestnuts.
    — Steve Strauss, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • Redemption cards for each will be randomly inserted in packs.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 21 July 2026
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