Nouns (17)
salt
n. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
saltiness, salt
n. the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)
salt, table salt
n. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
saltiness, salt, salinity
n. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt, mariner, seaman, tar, jack-tar, seafarer, gob, sea dog, Jack Tar
n. a man who serves as a sailor
Verbs (3)
salt
v. add salt to
salt, preserve with salt
v. preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
Adverbs (16)
away, forth
adv. away from a place, as in "go forth"
out, away
adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"
away, forth
adv. indicating continuing action, as in "He worked away"
away, off
adv. "clean off the dirt"; "She went off"
aside, away, out of the way, out of mind
adv. "Brush the objections aside"
aside, away, by, in reserve
adv. "Put aside some money"
Adjectives (13)
salt
adj. (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
away
adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
away
adj. away from home or business: "has been out all day"; "out to lunch"
away
adj. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
away
adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
salt, salty
adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
salt, salted, salt-cured
adj. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt
out, gone, away
adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
Fuzzynyms (31)
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"
remote, far-off, removed
adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"
offshore, abroad, overseas, in a foreign country, to a foreign country
adv. "They had never travelled abroad"
elsewhere, in another place, to another place
adv. in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"
Synonyms (86)
tasteful
adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste
deep
adj. very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
extreme, furthest, most distant
adj. most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"
far-flung
adj. remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"
out-of-town
adj. happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school"
yonder, yon
adj. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
after-school
adj. outside regular school hours: "a special after-school class"
ecto
adj. (prefix) outside or outer: "ectoderm"
extra
adj. (prefix) outside or beyond: "an extrauterine pregnancy"
extracurricular
adj. outside the regular duties of your job or profession
extracurricular
adj. outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"
right
adj. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
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"
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"
lacking, wanting, nonexistent, missing
adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"
truant, awol
adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
Antonyms (3)
fresh
adj. vs. salt, for example "sweet"
home
adj. used of your own ground; "a home game"
present
adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"
salt away
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