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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
salt
/sɔlt/
noun1 of 2
natural white substance used to flavor or preserve food
- “Considerable information is available from commercial sources about this salt.”Tatoeba
- “He needs to take this with a grain of salt.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)