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Adjective: salted  sol-tid [N. Amer], sól-tid or sol-tid [Brit]
  1. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt
    - salt-cured, brine-cured
Verb: salt  solt [N. Amer], sólt or solt [Brit]
  1. (cooking) 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. (cooking) preserve with salt
    "people used to salt meats on ships"

See also: preserved

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

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