Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles..

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Lampate :: Lampate (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.
Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..
Vanadate :: Vanadate (n.) A salt of vanadic acid.
Borate :: Borate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Uroxanate :: Uroxanate (n.) A salt of uroxanic acid.
Hypophosphate :: Hypophosphate (n.) A salt of hypophosphoric acid.
Igneous :: Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks..
Psalterium :: Psalterium (n.) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.
Osmiamic :: Osmiamic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts..
Hyposulphate :: Hyposulphate (n.) A salt of hyposulphuric acid.
Secretage :: Secretage (n.) A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs..
Malonate :: Malonate (a.) At salt of malonic acid.
Sebate :: Sebate (n.) A salt of sebacic acid.
Fumarate :: Fumarate (n.) A salt of fumaric acid.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Racemate :: Racemate (n.) A salt of racemic acid.
Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Oxonic :: Oxonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related..
Leucaniline :: Leucaniline (n.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts..
Element :: Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury..
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