I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a high sugar/salt/fibre etc content
▪
Red meat tends to have a high fat content.
bath salts/crystals (= a substance that you put in a bath to make it smell nice )
▪
She bought me some lavender bath salts.
Epsom salts
old salt
rock salt
salt cellar
salt shaker
salt truck
salt water (= water from the sea, or water to which salt has been added )
▪
He washed his hands in a pool of salt water.
salted fish (= preserved by adding salt )
▪
The dish is made with rice and salted fish.
salted/unsalted (= with or without salt in it )
▪
Unsalted butter is better for baking.
▪
Most butter is slightly salted.
sea salt
smelling salts
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
▪
A horse's sweat is hypertonic ie it contains a higher concentration of salts than the plasma from which it is derived.
▪
If you become very thirsty after such a meal this is a sign of high salt content.
▪
Eating less meat, which has a high salt content, meant that they needed to supplement their salt intake.
▪
The Dead Sea waters contain a high concentration of salts composed of potassium, bromine and magnesium as well as other minerals.
kosher
▪
Season immediately with kosher salt and cayenne pepper.
natural
▪
Very often such cheeses are made with a vegetarian rennet and natural sea salt .
rock
▪
There were runs on bread, milk, firewood, rock salt and snow shovels.
▪
Like eating two pounds of rock salt .
■ NOUN
cellar
▪
Guido continued to watch her, toying with the salt cellar , his long tanned fingers very dark against the white cloth.
▪
A chamberlain showed them to their seats just beneath the high table, which was dominated by a pearl-encrusted silver salt cellar .
content
▪
If you become very thirsty after such a meal this is a sign of high salt content .
▪
Eating less meat, which has a high salt content , meant that they needed to supplement their salt intake.
marsh
▪
The place fascinated me - narrow country roads, little lost villages, great shingle beaches and lonely salt marshes .
▪
The salt marshes act as barriers between the sea and land.
▪
More than 80 of these include mudflats, sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks.
▪
The report warns that 85 percent of mudflats and surrounding salt marshes and dunes have been damaged by human activities.
▪
They have created an experimental salt marsh by allowing coastal farmland at Northey Island in Essex to be flooded.
▪
He trailed along behind her through the sand dunes, along the edge of the tidal salt marsh .
▪
For example, a salt marsh , cold soil.
sea
▪
Try using fine sea salt as a scrub - this will help dry out blemishes naturally because it's slightly antiseptic.
▪
Season with sea salt and white pepper.
▪
Maldon salt is a trade name for sea salt from the many inlets on the Essex coast.
▪
A small sailboat draws close and Captains Peleg and Bildad, both old sea salts , reluctantly leave.
▪
Very often such cheeses are made with a vegetarian rennet and natural sea salt .
solution
▪
For example, some types of animal cells such as red blood cells are filled with salt solution .
▪
Do not give a salt solution to induce vomiting.
▪
However, if they are put into more concentrated salt solutions they shrink.
▪
Plant cells contain salt solutions in spaces known as vacuoles.
▪
The paste contains collagen suspended in a salt solution mixed with a local anaesthetic, lignocaine.
▪
Under normal conditions limestone allows aqueous salt solutions to move constantly through the stone.
teaspoon
▪
Stir in tomatoes, shredded basil leaves and 1 teaspoon salt .
▪
Gently squeeze lemons open and place / 2 teaspoon salt in center of each.
water
▪
The cold salt water on his face caused him to come up gasping.
▪
The 20,000 urns and vases had been lying in deep salt water for 302 years.
▪
The only sound now was their feet rustling through the shore grass, coarse and hard from countless tides of salt water .
▪
She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water , right up to her neck.
▪
Her timbers needed to swell with the salt water .
▪
Some were engulfed while still sunbathing, ecstatic eyes turned upward to salt water .
▪
The seeds are not resistant to salt water and immersion kills them.
▪
Bitter salt water got past the mouthpiece, choking her, eyes streaming with the effort of coughing.
■ VERB
add
▪
Stir in the onion, add the salt and pepper or a little more lemon juice if required.
▪
Puree the strips in a blender with the oil until creamy and emulsified. Add coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper.
▪
Allow the mixture to cook for about 5 minutes over a low heat, then add the salt , sugar and stock.
▪
Taste and adjust seasonings, adding salt , plenty of pepper and more dill, if necessary.
▪
Pour over wine, lemon juice and chilli sauce. Add herbs, salt and pepper.
▪
Do not automatically add salt to a meal.
▪
Combine the gravadlax, cucumber and yogurt in a bowl, add salt and white pepper to taste.
▪
The Oral Replacement Workers were told to place greater emphasis upon the dangers of adding too much salt to the solution.
contain
▪
It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma.
▪
A: Fertilizers can contain salts that build up, creating white marks on containers.
▪
Plant cells contain salt solutions in spaces known as vacuoles.
▪
Ashes and kitty litter also contain some salts , but their main use is as grit.
▪
Many contain potassium salts to counteract the loss of potassium ions from the body during diarrhoea.
▪
The marshes of the Guerande contain large salt beds.
▪
Its water contains much more salt than normal sea water.
▪
At one stroke the water will cease to contain the salt , and the salt will contain the water.
cup
▪
Blend curry powder and salt into 1 cups water and add to skillet along with raisins.
pepper
▪
Rub a little salt and pepper into the chicken and dry-fry the chicken until golden brown on both sides.
put
▪
However, if they are put into more concentrated salt solutions they shrink.
▪
Have a volunteer put three tablespoons of salt in the container Job and stir it.
▪
In winter, workmen put a mixture of salt and grit on icy roads to stop cars skidding.
▪
When workmen put salt on icy roads, the salt makes the ice melt and so the roads become safer for cars.
▪
Without you they'd forget to put the salt in every packet of crisps.
▪
She put out glasses, salt and pepper, mustard, and paper napkins.
rub
▪
Leeson was looking around for inspiration, a topic that didn't rub salt into wounds.
▪
To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
▪
To help keep these bold bloodsuckers at bay we rubbed wet salt on our boots.
▪
Trim any excess fat from the lamb, leaving the skin untouched, and rub the joint with salt and pepper.
▪
This means that the rinds are dipped or rubbed with salt during their ripening period.
▪
Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
▪
Some traditional bacons use the dry cure method of rubbing salt into the pork's surface without adding water.
▪
Fifth Street brought an eight, giving Dastmalchi an irrelevant pair to rub salt in Jacob's wounds.
season
▪
Add the shallots, the 2 remaining bay leaves and the garlic. Season with a little salt .
▪
Add the zucchini and squash and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
▪
Add wine and cook until liquid evaporates. Season with sea salt and white pepper.
▪
Remove chicken from marinade; season with salt and pepper.
▪
Return rabbit to pan and add stock; season with salt and pepper.
smell
▪
It often worked like a dose of smelling salts .
sprinkle
▪
If you sprinkle salt over every meal, stop it!
▪
To serve, spoon yellow pepper puree on the plates and top with the red peppers. Sprinkle with sea salt .
▪
Do you sprinkle salt on your food? 4.
▪
Pour cream over spinach. Sprinkle with onion salt and nutmeg.
▪
The residue is carefully scraped and the surface is sprinkled again with dry salt which is left to stand.
▪
On top of the thallium he sprinkled salt , a very little pepper and a coating of tarragon leaves.
taste
▪
Whisk in olive oil to taste and season with salt .
▪
Stir in the pine kernels and season the pasta to taste with salt and pepper.
▪
He bit his lip until he could taste the salt of blood and Samuel flinched with him.
▪
Add the redcurrant jelly and season to taste with salt and sugar. 6.
▪
Season the casserole to taste with salt and pepper and garnish with freshly chopped parsley before serving.
▪
He'd felt the tightening in his throat and tasted the salt of his own tears in his mouth.
▪
There was no sugar on it, but it tasted of salt .
use
▪
Try using fine sea salt as a scrub - this will help dry out blemishes naturally because it's slightly antiseptic.
▪
He himself had not used salt for six years.
▪
Stop using salt when cooking rice or pasta. 5.
▪
I use a little salt in my pond, but no other chemicals.
▪
He tried using lithium salts to quieten manic patients.
▪
Making and using electricity - a salt and battery!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
like a dose of salts
▪
L.M. True - like a dose of salts!
pinch of salt/pepper etc
▪
A pinch of salt in each bowl stops the mosquitoes breeding in the water.
▪
Add remaining coconut milk and a pinch of salt and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
▪
Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination, you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt.
▪
I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.
▪
Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.
▪
Water during a fast nauseated him and he accordingly would add a pinch of salt or bicarbonate of soda.
▪
While the first statement is no doubt true, the second must be taken with a pinch of salt.
rub salt into the wound
▪
Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
▪
To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
take sth with a pinch of salt
▪
It's best to take what he says with a pinch of salt - he's always exaggerating.
▪
You have to take most things Dave says with a pinch of salt.
▪
But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.
worth his/her salt
▪
A cop worth his salt wouldn't take a bribe.
▪
Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had, she thought glumly.
▪
No brass worth her salt was even up before twelve-thirty!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a pinch of salt
▪
Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Ashes and kitty litter also contain some salts, but their main use is as grit.
▪
He found that by giving the salt in low potency there was often an improvement in the patient's well-being.
▪
If you sprinkle salt over every meal, stop it!
▪
Inorganic salts such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride and potassium iodide form eutectic mixtures with water.
▪
Sprinkle the minimum amount of salt needed to lower the freezing point of water from slippery ice to safer mushy slush.
▪
They remove the hardness, and the former gives sodium salts instead of the calcium and magnesium salts.
▪
Try using fine sea salt as a scrub - this will help dry out blemishes naturally because it's slightly antiseptic.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
like a dose of salts
▪
L.M. True - like a dose of salts!
pinch of salt/pepper etc
▪
A pinch of salt in each bowl stops the mosquitoes breeding in the water.
▪
Add remaining coconut milk and a pinch of salt and simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
▪
Course Moira always has had a vivid imagination, you have to take what she says with a pinch of salt.
▪
I take all that fame with a pinch of salt.
▪
Luckily a pinch of salt got rid of them, leaving behind a blood-stained sock.
▪
Water during a fast nauseated him and he accordingly would add a pinch of salt or bicarbonate of soda.
▪
While the first statement is no doubt true, the second must be taken with a pinch of salt.
take sth with a pinch of salt
▪
It's best to take what he says with a pinch of salt - he's always exaggerating.
▪
You have to take most things Dave says with a pinch of salt.
▪
But since he never even notices that Howard is himself Howard takes this with a pinch of salt.
worth his/her salt
▪
A cop worth his salt wouldn't take a bribe.
▪
Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had, she thought glumly.
▪
No brass worth her salt was even up before twelve-thirty!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Salt acts as a preservative in butter; sweet butter is more perishable than salted butter and is usually priced higher.
▪
Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water.
▪
Private expert and government scientist could have planned the whole thing together, hired their accomplices, salted the mine.
▪
She walked across the scuffed floors toward the cupboard and pulled out several packages of tamarind candy and salted plums.
▪
The taste is slightly salted and the texture is crumbly, yet creamy.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
air
▪
The salt air caused the leather to deteriorate and the local rats ate it.
▪
He was ready to take on the salt air and the stormy sea.
▪
Then we collapse into each other and stand gulping salt air in the night.
▪
But I was successful in persuading the President to eschew the salt air aboard the Compassion.
fish
▪
Why should they eat salt fish , when William and Joe commanded the seas?
pork
▪
Saute in a separate pan the salt pork and onions.
▪
In a large ovenproof saucepan, heat together 2 tablespoons of the oil and salt pork , if used.
spray
▪
Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds.
▪
Anders caught a bucketful of salmon, and I caught a chill in the salt spray .
▪
This community occurs on maritime cliffs within reach of salt spray .
▪
I stuck it on with silicone sealant glue and it is unaffected by salt spray or moderate heat.
water
▪
Method: Stuff stomach, tie end and soak in salt water .
▪
She helped Sethe to a rocker and lowered her feet into a bucket of salt water and juniper.
▪
Beautifully maintained, only one season in salt water .
▪
These fishes do best in brackish or salt water .
▪
In winter by shallow fresh and salt water .
▪
We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.
▪
Large diving sea ducks, often breeding on fresh water but normally resorting to salt water at other times.
▪
Why does the egg float in salt water ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Put enough eggs to cover a piece in a small container of salt solution.
▪
The tucuxi is one of the few dolphins to be found in both fresh and salt waters.
▪
Unfortunately the water is salt and the oil is largely gone.
▪
We waded ashore coughing up salt water and drenched to the skin.