a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
[ Syn: table salt , common salt ]
negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries stock of nuclear weapons
[ Syn: strategic arms limitation talks , salt ]
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt (n.)
(of speech) painful or bitter; salt scorn- Shakespeare; a salt apology'
salt (adj.)
add salt to
sprinkle as if with salt; the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps'
add zest or liveliness to; She salts her lectures with jokes'
preserve with salt; people used to salt meats on ships'