Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..

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Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..
Sea Mud :: Sea mud () A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze..
Sulphosalt :: Sulphophosphorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to phosphorous acid, and known in its salts..
Saltcat :: Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons..
Selenite :: Selenite (n.) A salt of selenious acid.
Bromate :: Bromate (n.) A salt of bromic acid.
Metalline :: Metalline (a.) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water..
Succinct :: Succinate (n.) A salt of succinic acid.
Pollock :: Pollock (n.) A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc..
Brawn :: Brawn (n.) The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar..
Bullary :: Bullary (n.) A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery.
Basalt :: Basalt (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated..
Manganate :: Manganate (n.) A salt of manganic acid.
Saleratus :: Saleratus (n.) Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks..
Ketone :: Ketone (n.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor..
Sebate :: Sebate (n.) A salt of sebacic acid.
Binarseniate :: Binarseniate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.
Sulphion :: Sulphinide (n.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates)..
Citrate :: Citrate (n.) A salt of citric acid.
Lactate :: Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.
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