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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Salso-acid :: Salso-acid (a.) Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
Saline :: Saline (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine..
Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts..
Oxymuriate :: Oxymuriate (n.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride.
Graining :: Graining (n.) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.
Carnallite :: Carnallite (n.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt..
Smeir :: Smeir (n.) A salt glaze on pottery, made by adding common salt to an earthenware glaze..
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain..
Pyrosulphate :: Pyrosulphate (n.) A salt of pyrosulphuric acid.
Anhydrous :: Anhydrous (a.) Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids..
Saltatoria :: Saltatoria (n. pl.) A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets..
Uroxanate :: Uroxanate (n.) A salt of uroxanic acid.
Mix :: Mix (v. t.) To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines..
Tannate :: Tannate (n.) A salt of tannic acid.
Phlorol :: Phlorol (n.) A liquid metameric with xylenol, belonging to the class of phenols, and obtained by distilling certain salts of phloretic acid..
Ricinelaidin :: Ricinelaidin (n.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid..
Xeronate :: Xeronate (n.) A salt of xeronic acid.
Binarseniate :: Binarseniate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.
Deliquium :: Deliquium (n.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium..
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