How do you use the word "salt" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "salt": "Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are." I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.

Salt Meaning

/sɒlt/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.

nounOne of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

Sentence Examples

"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."

I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.

Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

None

Antonyms:

dull

CEFR Practice Quiz

She added a pinch of ____ to the soup to improve the taste.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The chef added a pinch of ____ to the boiling water before dropping in the pasta.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salt, from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l (“salt”). Doublet of sal, salary, and salsa, all ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”), which it superseded as the general term for "salt". Cognate with Dutch zout, German Salz, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish salt.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Take gode almaunde mylke y-draw wyth wyn, an let hem boyle to-gederys, an caste þer-to Safroun an Salt; […]" — 1430, Thomas Austin, editor, Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 (Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91), volume 1, London: Routledge; N. Trübner & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, page 11:

"Common salt, chloride of sodium, appears to be essential to the life of the higher animals." — 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 24:

"Nando was pierced with grief, but he didn't allow himself to cry. Tears, he knew, would cost his body salt. Without salt, you die." — 2013, Bear Grylls, True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life, →ISBN, page 9:

"Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies." — 2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN:

"Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts." — 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter:

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