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salt noun

  /sɑlt/ , /sɒlt/ , /sɔlt/ , /sɔːlt/ , [sɑɫt] , [sɑɫʔ] , [sɔɯ̯t]
  • A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
  • (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
suola, ruokasuola
  • (slang, countable) A sailor (also old salt).
merikarhu

salt adjective

  /sɑlt/ , /sɒlt/ , /sɔlt/ , /sɔːlt/ , [sɑɫt] , [sɑɫʔ] , [sɔɯ̯t]
  • Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.
suolainen, suola
  • Of water: containing salt, saline.
suola, suolainen
  • Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
suola-

salt verb

  /sɑlt/ , /sɒlt/ , /sɔlt/ , /sɔːlt/ , [sɑɫt] , [sɑɫʔ] , [sɔɯ̯t]
  • (mining) To blast metal into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
suolata, höystää, maustaa
  • (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
suolata
  • To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
terästää

salted adjective

  • To which salt has been added.
suolattu, suola-

salting noun

  • (uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road.
  • (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
suolaus

saltness noun

  • The state or quality of being salt; saltiness.
suolaisuus
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