Salty Meaning
/ˈsɒlti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjTasting of salt.
adjContaining salt.
Sentence Examples
You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.
The soup in the pot tasted very salty.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soup became too ____ after the cook added too much salt.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soup was too ____ because the cook had added twice the recommended amount of seasoning.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salti, equivalent to salt + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian soaltig (“salty”), West Frisian sâltich (“salty”), Dutch zoutig (“salty”), German Low German soltig (“salty”), German salzig (“salty”). (coarse; irritated, annoyed): Referencing the sharp, 'spicy' flavor of salt. (indignant): Perhaps implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears, or derived from the preceding.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades."
— 2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, “The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel”, in Wired:
"At Zipaquirá, the salty ore is taken from the mine in chunks, then thrown into large tanks of water, where the salt is dissolved out. The resulting brine is drawn off into pipelines, containers, or tank trucks and sold […]"
— 1957, Americas (English Ed.):
"My job was to couple the dumpers, full or empty, then uncouple them at the main shaft, and to open and close the weather door on the trip to the roof galleries, where the salty ore was dynamited and broken down."
— 2008, Günter Grass, translated by Michael Henry Heim, Peeling the Onion, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 223:
"In the following piece she has some characteristically salty things to say about what happens when law and medicine meet."
— 1962, William Henry Davenport, The Good Physician: A Treasury of Medicine:
"(In characteristically salty fashion, Sara admits: “I was no doubt a horrible little bitch" at this age.)"
— 2010, R. Tripp Evans, Grant Wood: A Life, Knopf, →ISBN, page 201:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soup became too ____ after the cook added too much salt.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soup was too ____ because the cook had added twice the recommended amount of seasoning.