The state or quality of being salt; saltiness.

(transitive) To add salt to. / (intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution. / (nautical, of a ship) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks for the preservation of the timber.

Salty; salted. / Saline. / Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use. / (figuratively, obsolete) Bitter; sharp; pungent.

(obsolete) A bounding; a leaping; a prance.

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.

present participle of salt

(uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road. / (countable) A salt marsh. / (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of salt

plural of salt

To which salt has been added. / (South Africa, archaic) Of an animal, vaccinated against or having recovered from a disease.