salt

a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, abundant in nature, and used especially to season or preserve food or in industry called also common salt

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

salt


4 Phonemes

s aw l t


onset, rime

s alt


Morpheme

salt


Sentence Examples

The soup needs a little more salt .

Season the meat with salt and pepper.

The meat was preserved by being salted and smoked.

The city salted the roads after the snowstorm.

Related Words

flavoring

spice

alkali

brine

condiment

flavor

Collocations

salt pan

sea salt

acid salt

rock salt

salt away

salt fish

Neighborhood

Onset Friends

saw

since

sometime

Lists

Food

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