Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..

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Solute :: Solute (a.) Soluble; as, a solute salt..
Disulphate :: Disulphate (n.) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid..
Hydrosalt :: Hydrosalt (n.) A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base.
Nitrite :: Nitrite (n.) A salt of nitrous acid.
Powder :: Powder (v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily..
Ferrocyanate :: Ferrocyanate (n.) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
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..
Saltation :: Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery..
Butyrate :: Butyrate (n.) A salt of butyric acid.
Columbate :: Columbate (n.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.
Caprylate :: Caprylate (n.) A salt of caprylic acid.
Carbonate :: Carbonate (n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc..
Trithionate :: Trithionate (n.) A salt of trithionic acid.
Lixivial :: Lixivial (a.) Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium..
Salso-acid :: Salso-acid (a.) Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
Halophyte :: Halophyte (n.) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea..
Sulphone :: Sulphonate (n.) A salt of sulphonic acid.
Basaltoid :: Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.
Tartronate :: Tartronate (n.) A salt of tartronic acid.
Thiosulphate :: Thiosulphate (n.) A salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
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