SALT


Meaning of SALT in English

n.

Function: transitive verb

Date: before 12th century

1 a : to treat, provide, or season with common salt b : to preserve (food) with salt or in brine c : to supply (as an animal) with salt

2 : to give flavor or piquancy to (as a story)

3 a : to enrich (as a mine) artificially by secretly placing valuable mineral in some of the working places b : to add something to secretly < salt ed the files with forged papers> also : to insert or place secretly < salt ed the mines along the road>

4 a : to sprinkle with or as if with a salt b : SCATTER , INTERSPERSE

– salt · er \ ' so ̇ l-t ə r \ noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.