Meaning

8 senses
  1. Of water: containing salt, saline.

    Why the Sea is Salt

    salzig

    солёныйsoljónyj, солево́йsolevój, соляно́йsoljanój

  2. Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.

    salt beef

  3. Of land, fields etc.: flooded by the sea.

    a salt marsh

  4. Of plants: growing in the sea or on land flooded by the sea.

    salt grass

  5. Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.

    a salt mine

    The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure.

    солево́йsolevój, соляно́йsoljanój

  6. (figuratively, obsolete)Bitter; sharp; pungent.

    (of speech) painful or bitter

  7. (figuratively, obsolete)Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.

  8. (archaic, colloquial)Costly; expensive.

Examples

733 sentences
  1. Pass me the salt, will you?

    Ви не могли б подати мені сіль? — deniko

    ruВы можете передать мне соль? — odexed

    deGib mir das Salz, bitte! — Esperantostern

  2. How much salt did you add?

    Скільки ти поклав солі? — deniko

  3. Can you pass me the salt, please?

    Можеш передати мені сіль, будь ласка? — deniko

    deKönnten Sie mir bitte das Salz reichen? — MUIRIEL

  4. Would you pass me the salt, please?

    Чи не могли б ви подати мені сіль, будь ласка? — deniko

    deReichen Sie mir bitte das Salz. — MUIRIEL

  5. Could you pass me the salt, please?

    Ти не міг би подати мені сіль, будь ласка? — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, не могли бы Вы передать мне соль? — marafon

    deKönnten Sie mir bitte das Salz reichen? — MUIRIEL

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
salty:
saline:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
salty:

Forms

more salt, most salt
Comparativemore salt Lesson
Superlativemost salt Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • salt and pepper
  • too much salt
  • much salt
  • little more salt
  • more salt
  • add salt
  • pass the salt
  • a little salt
  • the salt please
  • much salt in
  • the salt and
  • put some salt

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salt — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto