SALT

(noun) the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
synonyms : salinity , saltiness
(noun) 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
synonyms : strategic arms limitation talks
(noun) white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
synonyms : common salt , table salt
(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
(adj.) (of speech) painful or bitter
"salt scorn", "a salt apology"

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