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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Chromite :: Chromite (n.) A compound or salt of chromous hydroxide regarded as an acid.
Salicylate :: Salicylate (n.) A salt of salicylic acid.
Salt :: Salt (v. t.) To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle..
Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..
Trithionate :: Trithionate (n.) A salt of trithionic acid.
Glycerate :: Glycerate (n.) A salt of glyceric acid.
Lampate :: Lampate (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.
Dichromate :: Dichromate (n.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.
Naphthalate :: Naphthalate (n.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.
Ossify :: Ossify (v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts..
Saltatorial :: Saltatorial (a.) Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises..
Permanganate :: Permanganate (n.) A salt of permanganic acid.
Laurate :: Laurate (n.) A salt of lauric acid.
Saponification :: Saponification (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water..
Brininess :: Brininess (n.) The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.
Sulphide :: Sulphauric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts..
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..
Phlorol :: Phlorol (n.) A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid..
Hydrotellurate :: Hydrotellurate (n.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base.
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