· a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Hypernym(s): compound, chemical_compound

· white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

Synonym(s): table_salt, common_salt

Hypernym(s): flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

· negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

Synonym(s): Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks, SALT

· the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

Synonym(s): saltiness, salinity

Hypernym(s): taste, taste_sensation, gustatory_sensation, taste_perception, gustatory_perception

· add salt to

Hypernym(s): season, flavor, flavour

· sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"

Hypernym(s): sprinkle, splash, splosh

· add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes"

Hypernym(s): spice, spice_up

· preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"

Hypernym(s): preserve, keep

· (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"