OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3852

salt

/sɒlt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sal • salcita • salecita
A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt
Take gode almaunde mylke y-draw wyth wyn, an let hem boyle to-gederys, an caste þer-to Safroun an Salt; […]
sal
One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3854

salt

/sɒlt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
salar
To add salt to.
to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter