salt

1. salt (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt

2. salt (noun) — sense 2

Definition: One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

3. salt (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.

4. salt (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Of water: containing salt, saline.

Example: Why the Sea is Salt

5. salt (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.

Example: salt beef

6. salt (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Of land, fields etc.: flooded by the sea.

Example: a salt marsh

7. salt (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To add salt to.

Example: to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter

8. salt (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To deposit salt as a saline solution.

Example: The brine begins to salt.

9. salt (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To fill with salt between the timbers and planks for the preservation of the timber.