salts

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plural of salt

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salt

1. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
2. One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
3. A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
4. (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
5. A sequence of random data added to plain text data (such as passwords or messages) prior to encryption or hashing, in order to make brute force decryption more difficult.
6. A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
7. (obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.
8. (obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.
9. (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
10. Epsom salts or other salt used as a medicine.
11. Skepticism and common sense.
12. Tears; indignation; outrage; arguing.
13. The money demanded by Eton schoolboys during the montem.

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