Meaning

2 senses
  1. A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.

    Salzlecke, Leckstein

    лизуне́цlizunéc

    лизуне́цьlyzunécʹ

    a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

  2. A natural source of such minerals licked by animals.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Benedito gave his goats a salt lick to supplement their diet.

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  2. Benedito made sure the kids were well-hydrated and had access to salt licks.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
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block of salt:
Русский
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block of salt:
Deutsch
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block of salt:

Origin

From salt + lick.

From salt + lick.

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Forms

plural: salt licks

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a salt deposit that animals regularly lick:lick

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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