1.a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
2.white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
3.the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth
4.containing or filled with salt;
salt water
5.of speech that is painful or bitter;
salt scorn- Shakespeare
6.one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
1.add salt to
2.sprinkle as if with salt;
the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
3.add zest or liveliness to;
She salts her lectures with jokes
4.preserve with salt;
people used to salt meats on ships