Crossword-Solution: SALT
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| salt | - | Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. |
| Salt | n. | The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. |
| Salt | n. | Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. |
| Salt | n. | Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. |
| Salt | n. | A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. |
| Salt | n. | A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. |
| Salt | n. | The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. |
| Salt | n. | Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. |
| Salt | n. | Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. |
| Salt | n. | Marshes flooded by the tide. |
| Salt | n. | Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. |
| Salt | n. | Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass. |
| Salt | n. | Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent. |
| Salt | n. | Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. |
| Salt | v. t. | To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle. |
| Salt | v. t. | To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber. |
| Salt | v. i. | To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt. |
| Salt | n. | The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SALT | anagram | ALST, ALTS, LAST, LATS, LSAT, SLAT, TALS |
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Sentences with SALT (5)
After some time the Cottager, afraid that the Snake would bite him also, endeavored to make peace, and placed some bread and salt in the hole.
They would not come in, but sat in the shade of the bank outside while Alexandra and Ivar talked about the birds and about his housekeeping, and why he never ate meat, fresh or salt.
This was eaten on the plateless system, which is performed by placing a slice of bread upon the table, the meat flat upon the bread, a mustard plaster upon the meat, and a pinch of salt upon the whole, then cutting them vertically downwards with a large pocket-knife till wood is reached, when the severed lump is impaled on the knife, elevated, and sent the proper way of food.
From father to son, for above a hundred years, they followed the sea; a grey-headed shipmaster, in each generation, retiring from the quarter-deck to the homestead, while a boy of fourteen took the hereditary place before the mast, confronting the salt spray and the gale which had blustered against his sire and grandsire.
And along the margin where the water sometimes broke was a thick incrustation of salt—pink under the lurid sky.
Quotes with SALT (3)
He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them from the window, but she shut her eyes resolutely and buried her face against Jace's shoulder. He smelled of salt and blood, and only when his mouth came close to her ear did she understand what he was saying, and it was the simplest litany of all: her name, just her name.
Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred a…
I don't know what you think of me. And you certainly would never picture us together. But probably peanut butter was just peanut butter for a long time, before someone ever thought of pairing it with jelly. And there was salt, but it started to taste better when there was pepper. And what's the point of butter without bread? (Why are all these examples of FOODS?!!?!?!?!?!?!) Anyway by myself I'm nothing special. But with you I could be.
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 1,010 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).