ALL meanings of salt
salt
S s - noun Technical meaning of salt A tiny bit of near-random data inserted where too much regularity would be undesirable; a data frob (sense 1). For example, the Unix crypt(3) manual page mentions that "the salt string is used to perturb the DES algorithm in one of 4096 different ways." 1
- noun salt See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. 1
- verb with object salt to season with salt. 1
- verb with object salt to cure, preserve, or treat with salt. 1
- verb with object salt to furnish with salt: to salt cattle. 1
- verb with object salt to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt. 1
- verb with object salt to spread salt, especially rock salt, on so as to melt snow or ice: The highway department salted the roads after the storm. 1
- verb with object salt to introduce rich ore or other valuable matter fraudulently into (a mine, the ground, a mineral sample, etc.) to create a false impression of value. 1
- verb with object salt to add interest or excitement to: a novel salted with witty dialogue. 1
- adjective salt lustful; lecherous. 1
- idioms salt rub salt in / into someone's wounds, to make someone's bad situation even worse. 1
- idioms salt with a grain / pinch of salt, with reserve or allowance; with an attitude of skepticism: Diplomats took the reports of an impending crisis with a grain of salt. 1
- idioms salt worth one's salt, deserving of one's wages or salary: We couldn't find an assistant worth her salt. 1
- noun Definition of salt in Technology 1. Symbolic Assembly Language Trainer. Assembly-like language implemented in BASIC by Kevin Stock, now at Encore in France. 2. Sam And Lincoln Threaded language. A threaded extensible variant of BASIC. "SALT", S.D. Fenster et al, BYTE (Jun 1985) p.147. 1
- abbreviation SALT seasoning 1
- transitive verb salt add salt to 1
- adjective salt cured with salt 1
- noun salt sodium chloride 1
- noun salt preservative 1
- noun salt chemical compound 1
- noun salt wit, piquant element 1
- abbreviation SALT sailor 1
- transitive verb salt cure 1
- transitive verb salt introduce fraudulently 1
- uncountable noun salt Salt is a strong-tasting substance, in the form of white powder or crystals, which is used to improve the flavour of food or to preserve it. Salt occurs naturally in sea water. 0
- verb salt When you salt food, you add salt to it. 0
- countable noun salt Salts are substances that are formed when an acid reacts with an alkali. 0
- noun salt a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food 0
- noun salt preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water 0
- noun salt any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or can be regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base 0
- noun salt liveliness or pungency 0
- noun salt dry or laconic wit 0
- noun salt a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced 0
- verb salt to season or preserve with salt 0
- verb salt to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice 0
- verb salt to add zest to 0
- verb salt to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution 0
- verb salt to treat with common salt or other chemical salt 0
- verb salt to provide (cattle, etc) with salt 0
- verb salt to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc) 0
- adjective salt not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty 0
- adjective salt rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit) 0
- noun acronym salt Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or Treaty 0
- abbreviation SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 0
- noun salt sodium chloride, NaCl, a white, crystalline substance with a characteristic taste, found in natural beds, in sea water, etc., and used for seasoning and preserving foods, etc. 0
- noun salt a chemical compound derived from an acid by replacing hydrogen, wholly or partly, with a metal or an electropositive radical 0
- noun salt that which lends a tang or piquancy; esp., sharp pungent humor or wit 0
- abbreviation SALT saltcellar 0
- noun salt any of various mineral salts used as a cathartic, as Epsom salts, or to soften bath water, as a restorative, etc. 0
- noun salt a sailor, esp. an experienced one 0