salt in WordNet English dictionary

1. white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
   salt  table salt  common salt 
   
2. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
   salt  saltiness  salinity 
   
3. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
   salt 
   

1. preserve with salt
   "people used to salt meats on ships"
   salt 
   
2. add zest or liveliness to
   "She salts her lectures with jokes"
   salt 
   
3. sprinkle as if with salt
   "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
   salt 
   
4. add salt to
   salt 
   

1. (of speech) painful or bitter
   "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
   salt