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Definition of
salt adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
salt
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
sɔlt
/
/
[
only before noun
]
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containing, tasting of, or preserved with salt
salt water
salt beef
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salt
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noun
salt
verb
salt away
phrasal verb
acid salt
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rock salt
noun
salt pan
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sea salt
noun
salt flats
noun
salt marsh
noun
salt truck
noun
salt water
noun
salt cellar
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salt shaker
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Salt Lake City
pepper-and-salt
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salt-and-pepper
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worth your/its salt
the salt of the earth
rub salt into the wound
rub salt into somebody's wounds
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Phrasal verbs
salt away
phrasal verb
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worth your/its salt
the salt of the earth
rub salt into the wound
rub salt into somebody's wounds
take something with a grain/pinch of salt
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salt
verb
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