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salty

  • adjective
  • /ˈsɒlti/

Tasting of salt.

Other meanings

  1. Containing salt.

  2. coarse; provocative; earthy.

Related words

  • salty dog
  • salty licorice
  • salty liquorice
  • saltiness
  • jump salty
  • salty tooth
  • saltily

Word history

From Middle English "salti".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “salty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.