a white powder or colourless crystalline solid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and used for seasoning and preserving food

preserved in, flooded with, containing, or growing in salt or salty water

any of a class of usually crystalline solid compounds that are formed from, or canbe regarded as formed from, an acid and a base by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms in the acid molecules by positive ions from the base

liveliness or pungency

dry or laconic wit

a sailor, esp one who is old and experienced

to season or preserve with salt

to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice

to add zest to

to preserve or cure with salt or saline solution

to treat with common salt or other chemical salt

to provide (cattle, etc) with salt

to give a false appearance of value to, esp to introduce valuable ore fraudulently into (a mine, sample, etc)

not sour, sweet, or bitter; salty

rank or lascivious (esp in the phrase a salt wit)