salt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
- acetate hyponym
- citrate hyponym
- arsenate hyponym
- chlorate hyponym
- dibasic salt hyponym
- hypochlorite hyponym
- pyrophosphate hyponym
- sulfonate hyponym
- lactate hyponym
- perchlorate hyponym
- alkali hyponym
- ammonium chloride hyponym
- benzoate hyponym
- borate hyponym
- borosilicate hyponym
- calcium lactate hyponym
- calcium stearate hyponym
- carbamate hyponym
- carbonate hyponym
- fulminate hyponym
- chromate hyponym
- cyanide hyponym
- potassium bromide hyponym
- potassium chlorate hyponym
- potassium dichromate hyponym
- ferricyanide hyponym
- ferrocyanide hyponym
- fluoroboride hyponym
- fluosilicate hyponym
- glutamate hyponym
- halide hyponym
- isocyanate hyponym
- calcium chloride hyponym
- calcium sulphate hyponym
- manganate hyponym
- chrome alum hyponym
- tartrate hyponym
- oxalacetate hyponym
- oxalate hyponym
- permanganate hyponym
- phosphate hyponym
- polyphosphate hyponym
- propenoate hyponym
- salicylate hyponym
- double salt hyponym
- bile salt hyponym
- Glauber's salt hyponym
- tartar hyponym
- sodium chlorate hyponym
- bichromate hyponym
- sodium dichromate hyponym
- microcosmic salt hyponym
- silicate hyponym
- soda hyponym
- sodium carboxymethyl cellulose hyponym
- sodium fluoride hyponym
- sulfate hyponym
- thiocyanate hyponym
- tungstate hyponym
- urate hyponym
- vanadate hyponym
- xanthate hyponym
Related & opposite
- salty derivation
Sense 2 verb
add salt to
Types & categories
- flavor hypernym
Related & opposite
- salting derivation
- salinity derivation
- table salt derivation
- salter derivation
- cooking domain topic
Sense 3 adjective
(of speech) painful or bitter
salt scorn
Related & opposite
- sharp similar to
Sense 4 noun
white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
Types & categories
- seasoning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
sprinkle as if with salt
the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps
Types & categories
- splash hypernym
Sense 6 verb
add zest or liveliness to
She salts her lectures with jokes
Types & categories
- spice hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
Types & categories
- taste hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
preserve with salt
people used to salt meats on ships
Types & categories
- preserve hypernym
Related & opposite
- salinity derivation
- table salt derivation
- salter derivation
- cooking domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acetate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | citrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arsenate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlorate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dibasic salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypochlorite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrophosphate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sulfonate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lactate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perchlorate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alkali |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ammonium chloride |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benzoate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | borate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | borosilicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium lactate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium stearate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carbamate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carbonate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fulminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chromate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cyanide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potassium bromide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potassium chlorate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potassium dichromate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferricyanide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferrocyanide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluoroboride |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluosilicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glutamate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | halide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | isocyanate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium chloride |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium sulphate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manganate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chrome alum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tartrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxalacetate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxalate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | permanganate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phosphate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polyphosphate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | propenoate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salicylate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | double salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bile salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Glauber's salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tartar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium chlorate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bichromate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium dichromate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | microcosmic salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soda |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium carboxymethyl cellulose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium fluoride |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sulfate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thiocyanate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tungstate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | urate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanadate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | xanthate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salinity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | table salt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salter |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flavor |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sharp |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salty |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasoning |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | splash |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | spice |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | salt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | salt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | salty |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | taste |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | salinity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | table salt |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | salter |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | preserve |