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salt n. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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salt n. [
table salt, common salt] white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
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salt v. add salt to
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salt s. (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
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salt v. sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
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