ALL meanings of salting
salt
S s - noun salting 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 salting table salt mixed with a particular herb or seasoning for which it is named: garlic salt; celery salt. 1
- noun salting 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 salting salts, any of various salts used as purgatives, as Epsom salts. 1
- noun salting an element that gives liveliness, piquancy, or pungency: Anecdotes are the salt of his narrative. 1
- noun salting wit; pungency. 1
- noun salting a small, usually open dish, as of silver or glass, used on the table for holding salt. 1
- noun salting 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 salting to season with salt. 1
- verb with object salting to cure, preserve, or treat with salt. 1
- verb with object salting to furnish with salt: to salt cattle. 1
- verb with object salting to treat with common salt or with any chemical salt. 1
- verb with object salting 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 salting 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 salting to add interest or excitement to: a novel salted with witty dialogue. 1
- adjective salting containing salt; having the taste of salt: salt water. 1
- adjective salting cured or preserved with salt: salt cod. 1
- adjective salting inundated by or growing in salt water: salt marsh. 1
- adjective salting producing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is not sweet, sour, or bitter. 1
- adjective salting pungent or sharp: salt speech. 1
- idioms salting rub salt in / into someone's wounds, to make someone's bad situation even worse. 1
- idioms salting 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 salting worth one's salt, deserving of one's wages or salary: We couldn't find an assistant worth her salt. 1
- noun salting an area of low ground regularly inundated with salt water; often taken to include its halophyte vegetation; a salt marsh 0
- noun salting grassy land regularly covered by tides 0