Thesaurus: salts

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1. n a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) n white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food n negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons n the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth v add salt to v sprinkle as if with salt v add zest or liveliness to v preserve with salt