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1. The act of adding salt to food

1. Add salt to
    
2. Sprinkle as if with salt
   "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
    
3. Add zest or liveliness to
   "She salts her lectures with jokes"
    
4. Preserve with salt
   "people used to salt meats on ships"

Derived forms: saltings

See also: salter

Type of: flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], keep, preserve, season, seasoning, spice, spice up, splash, splosh, sprinkle

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