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salt
adjective
noun
verb
(of speech) painful or bitter
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- AL
- Scrabble score
- 4
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
sɒlt
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
(of speech) painful or bitter
“{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'salt scorn'}”
noun
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
noun
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
noun
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
verb
preserve with salt
“people used to salt meats on ships”
verb
add zest or liveliness to
“She salts her lectures with jokes”
verb
sprinkle as if with salt
“the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps”
verb
add salt to
In context
Example Sentences
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'salt scorn'}
a salt apology
people used to salt meats on ships
She salts her lectures with jokes
the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
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