Collocations for "salt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "salt" in context.
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salt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [sea, marine, table, garlic, celery] salt
- [pure, iodized, refined, unrefined, granulated] salt
- [smelling, bath] salts
- [extract, refine, treat, filter, clean] salt
- [stock, buy, sell] salt
- [season, flavor] the [dish, soup, meat] with salt (and pepper)
- needs [more, less] salt
- has too much salt
- doesn't have enough salt
- add salt to taste
- (add) a [touch, pinch] of salt
- [could, can] you [please] pass the salt?
- was dried in salt
- pack the [wound, infection] with salt
- (no need to) rub salt in the wound
- took the [figure, news, comment] with a pinch of salt
- salt and [pepper, vinegar]
- [the worker, she] is worth her salt
- UK: [anecdotes, innuendos] are the salt of the narrative
- they are (the) salt of the earth
- on the salt flats
- eat salt [cod, fish, pork, beef]
- [work, dig, load] at a salt mine
- pass the salt shaker
- (desalinate) salt water
- can't drink salt water
- a salt-water [bath, pool, resort, spa]
- a salt solution
- salt and vinegar (flavor) chips
- salt-and-pepper hair
- salt the [food, dish, pasta, beef]
- salt to [taste, perfection]
- salt and [dry, smoke, roast, pepper, ferment]
- salt the [road, sidewalk]
- the [roads] need to be salted
- salted to [protect, prevent, ensure, offer]
- salt [money, a few thousand dollars] away
'salt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
add
- added
- beef
- bland
- bloated
- celery
- chip
- coarse
- common
- crib
- crisp
- crust
- crystal
- dash
- deposit
- dress
- eggplant
- extract
- far
- fired
- flat
- flavor
- flour
- grade
- grain
- hand
- hint
- intake
- light
- marsh
- mill
- mine
- oil
- onion
- over
- pass
- pepper
- pinch
- pottery
- preserve
- rim
- rub
- salt and pepper
- scrub
- sea
- season
- shake
- smoke
- speck
- sprinkle