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Word entry · 4 letters

salt

Best crossword clue

"Chips seasoning"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /sɒlt/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted alstStarts with SEnds with T8 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. preserve with salt

Word origin

From Middle English salt, from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic *salt, from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l (“salt”). Doublet of sal, salary, and salsa, all ultimately from Latin sāl (“salt”), which it superseded as the general term for "salt".

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt
  • Take gode almaunde mylke y-draw wyth wyn, an let hem boyle to-gederys, an caste þer-to Safroun an Salt; […]
    Take good almond milk made with wine, and let it boil together, and add thereto Saffron and Salt; […]
  • Common salt, chloride of sodium, appears to be essential to the life of the higher animals.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01Chips seasoning4 letters
02Pretzel topping4 letters
03Seasoning beside pepper4 letters
04Seasoning from the sea4 letters
05Shaker contents4 letters
06White seasoning crystals4 letters
07White table seasoning4 letters
08Table seasoning4 letters

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