n. 25B6; noun
the potatoes need salt : SODIUM CHLORIDE.
(poetic/literary) danger is the salt of pleasure : ZEST, spice, piquancy, bite, edge; vitality, spirit, sparkle; informal zing, punch.
saline.
25B6; adjective salt water : SALTY, salted, saline, briny, brackish.
25A0; salt something away (informal) SAVE, put aside, put by, set aside, reserve, keep, store, stockpile, hoard, stow away; informal squirrel away, stash away.
25A0; with a pinch of salt WITH RESERVATIONS, with misgivings, sceptically, cynically, doubtfully, doubtingly, suspiciously, quizzically, incredulously.