salts Meaning & Definition
What Does Salts Mean?
Salts is a noun that means plural of salt. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of salt. As a verb, it means To add salt to.
Salts Definition (Noun)
- plural of salt
Salts as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of salt
Noun
- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
Attic salt
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
Verb
- To add salt to.
to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
The brine begins to salt.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
Synonyms of Salts
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Salts synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Salts
Salts in a Sentence
Attic salt
to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter
The brine begins to salt.
Word Forms & Grammar
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