Synonyms of salts

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noun

plural of salt

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

an old salt who taught me everything I know about sailing and the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailors
• mariners
• navigators
• tars
• seamen
• swabs
• gobs
• sea dogs
• seafarers
• jack-tars
• shipmen
• hearties
• swabbies
• crewmen
• jacks
• shipmates
• deckhands
• coxswains
• lubbers
• able seamen
• lime-juicers
• able-bodied seamen
• limeys
• sailboaters
• powerboaters

salts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of salt

as in mixes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mixes
• weaves
• inserts
• combines
• intersperses
• incorporates
• threads
• blends
• laces
• wreathes
• interlaces
• interweaves
• alternates
• mingles
• intermingles
• integrates
• merges
• juxtaposes
• commingles
• fuses
• assimilates
• embodies
• amalgamates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salts

Noun

The gels also have to release heat on cue, because some salts stay liquid even after the temperature drops low enough to solidify them. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

Liquid fuel salts operate at intense heat, often topping 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Under the ban, each homogeneous material that makes up a garment should not have a PFHxA concentration equal to or greater than 25 parts per billion (ppb) for the sum of PFHxA and its salts, while 1,000 ppb for the sum of its related substances. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

While raw materials potentially useful for Earth life are found in abundance on Mars, they are mixed in the soil with toxins such as perchlorate, as well as salts that would make growth difficult for most organisms. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Excess nitrogen and salts pull moisture from grass blades, leaving them dry and damaged. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2026

Fertilizers leave behind salts in the soil that can pull moisture out of root tissue and cause wilting, yellowing, and eventual browning of leaves. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Fine salts, like fine sea salt and iodized, are usually even denser than Morton Kosher, so for a recipe that calls for 1 tsp. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

Harvard Health also notes that alternative salts such as sea salt are not necessarily healthier than table salt because both are largely sodium chloride. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

Brown butchers then salts the chickens overnight, and marinates them in a mixture of ancho and puya chiles, garlic and chipotle. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

The other thing that salts all of this is this is an unprecedented time in terms of organizational risk appetites. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026