salts is a form of:
Salt
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- (FIGURATIVE) Add salt to the conversation របោយ, saltshaker ដបអំបិល (ប្រើនៅលើតុបាយ), saltwater ទឹកសមុទ្រ, ទឹកប្រៃ
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- (SLANG) ទាហានជើងទឹក
Example: an old salt
noun
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- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) (PLURAL) ថ្នាំបញ្ចុះមានជាតិអំបិល, ថ្នាំអំបិលសំរាប់បញ្ចុះ
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- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) អំបិល
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- (UNCOUNTABLE) (sodium chloride a substance obtained from mines or by evaporation of sea water, in which it is present; a chemical compound of a metal and an acid, a chemical compound derived form an acid by replacing hydrogen with metal, the which lends piquancy, mineral salts used as a cathartic; a sailor) table salt អំបិល
verb — past tense: salted ; past participle: salted ; present participle: salting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To sprinkle or preserve with salt; to treat with salt. -salt away to store or keep; to save grain of salt doubt. -worth one's salt worth ones wages or salary. -salt lake lake containing high concentration of salts, esp. sodium chloride. -salt lick place to which wild animals go to lick natural salt deposits, large block of salt placed in the field. -salt pit pit containing a larger amount of salt. -salt pork pork cured with salt. -salt away to preserve) saltone'sfood ដាក់អំបិល
Example: Salt water; salt pork, Mother salts the water in which she boils potatoes.saltfish ប្រឡាក់, salt amine ដាក់រ៉ែ បន្លំអោយគេជឿថាមានរ៉ែ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
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- Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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- Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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- A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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- A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.
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- The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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- (FIGURATIVE) That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.
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- Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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- Marshes flooded by the tide.
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- Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
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- (FIGURATIVE) Bitter; sharp; pungent.
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- (FIGURATIVE) Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
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- The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
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- Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
verb — past tense: salted ; past participle: salted ; present participle: salting ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
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- Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.