salty
salty
Definition
salty (sôl′tē)
adjective salt′i·er, salt′i·est
- of, tasting of, or containing salt
- smelling of or suggesting the sea
- sharp; piquant; witty
- coarse or earthy
- cross or caustic
noun pl. salt′·ies
Informal an oceangoing ship that operates on the Great Lakes
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Synonyms
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modif.
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Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: It has a very strong, slightly salty flavor.
- too: Like to say beside winning the was too salty.
- quite: Extending the investigation: Try some mineral waters with a high dissolved mineral content - they are quite salty.
- very: Soak new candles in very salty water for an hour.
- so: The water was warm and so salty to make floating a pleasure and swimming a dream.
- not: Have a snack tho not salty ones as they will make you thirsty.
Preposition: as
- seawater: The Thames Gateway Water Treatment Plant would treat river water that is less than one third as salty as seawater.
Modifies a noun
- seadog: The three masted Sea Jade was back in port on crewed by eccentric 66 year old salty seadog, John Victor Grierson.
- tang: These give the milk, hence the cheese, a slightly salty tang, which is still a characteristic of Cheshire cheese today.
- snack: Try to get out of the habit of adding salt during cooking or to your meals or eating too many salty snacks.
- aroma: Gradually, he became aware of the soft breeze over his body, carrying a salty aroma.
- taste: Playing field check the top deck salty taste of.
- sweat: Children who have cystic fibrosis have excessively salty sweat.
Used with adjective complement
- taste: Some foods that are high in salt don't taste very salty.
- become: This allowed the Atlantic Ocean to become more salty, resulting in more deep water being formed in the Nordic Seas.
- make: But if the salt loses its salty taste, it cannot be made salty again.
- eat: Don't eat too much salty, fatty or sugary foods such as crisps, burgers and cakes.
- avoid: Avoid salty, fatty or spicy foods that might irritate the stomach.
- get: As it shrinks, it also gets more salty, which in turn makes it harder for the remaining water to evaporate.
Preposition: than
- sea: Essentially the water would be drawn from the ebb tide of the Thames, which is about two thirds less salty than the sea.
salty Quotes
Cricket, like the novel, isgreat when it presents men in the round, when it shows the salty quality of human nature.
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