salt

გამოთქმა: /sɔːlt, sɒlt/

განმარტებულია salt სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

Universal

2(of a plant) growing on the coast or in salt marshes: the region is rich in salt plant communities and reed beds

Universal

1 (also common salt) [mass noun] a white crystalline substance which gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food: season with salt and pepper
- Alternative name: sodium chloride; chemical formula: NaCl
literary something which adds freshness or piquancy:he described danger as the salt of pleasure

2 Chemistry any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation.

3 (usually old salt) informal an experienced sailor: he was one of many old salts who lined up to volunteer

Universal

1 (usually as adjective salted) season or preserve with salt:cook the carrots in boiling salted water
make (something) piquant or more interesting:there was good talk to salt the occasion

2sprinkle (a road or path) with salt in order to melt snow or ice: local authorities worked to improve travel conditions by gritting and salting roads

3 informal fraudulently make (a mine) appear to be a paying one by placing rich ore into it: I shall want to see some evidence that there really is a seam—no salting it, no faking

4 (as adjective salted) (of a horse) having developed a resistance to disease by surviving it.

rub salt into the (or someone's) wound: make a painful experience even more painful for someone: Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first attempt
the salt of the earth: a person or group of people of great kindness, reliability, or honesty: your old man was the salt of the earth
[with biblical allusion to Matt 5:13]
sit below the salt: be of lower social standing or worth: paperback publishers used to be considered people who sat below the salt
[from the former custom of placing a large salt cellar in the middle of a dining table with the host at one end]
take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt: regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something:I take anything he says with a large pinch of salt
worth one's salt: good or competent at the job or profession specified:any astrologer worth her salt would have predicted this
put salt on the tail of: capture (with reference to jocular directions given to children for catching a bird).

salt something away: informal secretly store or put by something, especially money:they salted the money away in numbered bank accounts around the world
salt something out: cause soap to separate from lye by adding salt.; Chemistry cause an organic compound to separate from an aqueous solution by adding an electrolyte: the potassium carbonate salts out the otherwise water-soluble nitrile as a separate upper layer

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