ALL meanings of salter
salt·er
S s - noun salter a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 1
- noun salter table salt mixed with a particular herb or seasoning for which it is named: garlic salt; celery salt. 1
- noun salter Chemistry. any of a class of compounds formed by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms of an acid with elements or groups, which are composed of anions and cations, and which usually ionize in solution; a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base. 1
- noun salter salts, any of various salts used as purgatives, as Epsom salts. 1
- noun salter an element that gives liveliness, piquancy, or pungency: Anecdotes are the salt of his narrative. 1
- noun salter wit; pungency. 1
- noun salter a small, usually open dish, as of silver or glass, used on the table for holding salt. 1
- noun salter Informal. a sailor, especially an old or experienced one: He's an old salt who'll be happy to tell you about his years at sea. 1
- verb with object salter to season with salt. 1
- verb with object salter to cure, preserve, or treat with salt. 1
- verb with object salter to furnish with salt: to salt cattle. 1
- verb with object salter to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt. 1
- verb with object salter 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 salter 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 salter to add interest or excitement to: a novel salted with witty dialogue. 1
- adjective salter lustful; lecherous. 1
- idioms salter rub salt in / into someone's wounds, to make someone's bad situation even worse. 1
- idioms salter 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 salter worth one's salt, deserving of one's wages or salary: We couldn't find an assistant worth her salt. 1
- noun salter a person who deals in or manufactures salt 0
- noun salter a person who treats meat, fish, etc, with salt 0
- noun salter a person who makes or sells salt 0
- noun salter a person who salts meat, fish, etc. 0