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noun(salt)a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry —called also common salt
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noun(salt)a substance (such as Glauber's salt) resembling common salt
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noun(salt)a mineral or saline mixture (such as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic
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verb(salt)to treat, provide, or season with common salt
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verb(salt)to preserve (food) with salt or in brine
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verb(salt)to supply (an animal) with salt
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plural noun(salt)a usually colored crystalline compound for perfuming and softening bathwater
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plural noun(salt)any of various synthetic illicit drugs with stimulant and sometimes hallucinogenic properties that are used (as by being injected or snorted) typically in the form of a white or brown crystalline powder
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(salt)a bitter colorless or white crystalline salt MgSO4·7H2O that is a hydrated magnesium sulfate with cathartic properties
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(salt)a usually scented aromatic preparation of ammonium carbonate and ammonia water used as a stimulant and restorative
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noun(salt)a salt of bile acid
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noun(salt)a dry mixture of the principal salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative
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noun(salt)a salt (such as an alum) yielding on hydrolysis two different cations or anions
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noun(salt)a seasoning of ground dried garlic and salt
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noun(salt)a crystalline salt KNaC4H4O6·4H2O that is a mild purgative
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noun(salt)common salt occurring in solid form as a mineral; also : salt artificially prepared in large crystals or masses