In nineteenth-century treatises, some chemists described the compound as an amphid salt, reflecting the obsolete idea that it consisted of an acid oxide combined with a basic oxide.

The cat's salt-and-pepper fur shimmered in the sunlight.

In the 18th-century laboratory, the chemist cautiously poured a drop of spirit of salt onto the metal to demonstrate its reactivity.

At low tide, the salt pans glittered like a patchwork of tiny mirrors under the sun.

The migratory birds stopped to rest on the salt pan at dawn.

The tourists admired the geometric patterns of the salt gardens at sunset.

The farmer stacked the salt hays along the marsh to prevent erosion over the winter.

Scientists found that the salt trees along the estuary trapped microplastics in their root mats.

The old farmhouse had several salt boxes hanging by the kitchen door to help melt ice on the steps.

The migratory birds nested in the shallow pools on the salt bottoms during the dry season.