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salt

n. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

saltiness

n. the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

table salt

n. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

saltiness, salinity

n. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

mariner, seaman, tar, jack-tar, seafarer, gob, sea dog, Jack Tar

n. a man who serves as a sailor

salt

v. add salt to

preserve with salt

v. preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"

salt

adj. (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"

salty

adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

salted, salt-cured

adj. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt

mass

n. an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

nugget

n. a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

knot

n. a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"

dry, dry out, make dry

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

smoke, ingest by smoking

v. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

cure, heal

v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

drain, empty of liquid, drain the liquid from

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

drain, enfeeble, debilitate, make feeble

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

wipe, obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

tasteful

adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste

ambrosial, ambrosian, nectarous

adj. extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food"

bitter

adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine

bitterish

adj. somewhat bitter

bittersweet, semisweet

adj. having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness

choice, dainty, tasty

adj. especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel"

delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy

adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

seasoned, flavored, flavoured

adj. aged or processed; "seasoned wood"

flavorful, flavourful, flavorous, flavourous, flavorsome, flavoursome, sapid, saporous

adj. full of flavor

rich, full-bodied

adj. marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

savory, savoury, piquant, spicy, zesty

adj. having an agreeably pungent taste

smoky

adj. tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages"

sour

adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

sweet

adj. having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

winy

adj. having the taste of wine; "a rich winy taste"

aged, cured

adj. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

candied, crystalized, glace

adj. (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar

canned, tinned

adj. sealed in a can or jar

condensed, evaporated

adj. used of milk: reduced in volume by having moisture expelled before canning

cured, corned

adj. (used especially of meat) cured in brine

cured

adj. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry

dried

adj. preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"

frozen, flash-frozen, quick-frozen

adj. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods"

freeze-dried

adj. preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee"

freeze-dried, lyophilized, lyophilised

adj. used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum

pickled

adj. (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

potted

adj. preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted shrimp"

smoked, smoke-cured, smoke-dried

adj. (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke

sun-dried

adj. dried naturally by the sun; "sun-dried apricots"

fresh

adj. vs. salt, for example "sweet"

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