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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˌsɔlt ˈʌp/ · UK /ˌsɔːlt ˈʌp/
salt up means: To add salt to food to improve its taste.
verb
To add salt to food to improve its taste.
- Salt up the potatoes before serving.
- He salted up the stew at the table.
- I prefer to salt up my own food.
To become covered with a hard layer of salt.
- Our boots salted up on the winter roads.
- The boat fittings had salted up after weeks at sea.
- These surfaces salt up whenever seawater dries on them.
For soil or water to become saltier, sometimes making it hard to grow crops.
- The soil is salting up.
- Poor drainage caused these fields to salt up.
- As the lake shrinks, its water salts up.
To put salt on roads or paths before snow falls, so ice is less likely to form.
- They salted up the roads overnight.
- We should salt up the path before the snow arrives.
- The council is salting up streets ahead of tonight’s freeze.
Questions about salt up
What does salt up mean?
To add salt to food to improve its taste.
What is salt up in other languages?
Türkçe: tuzlamak · Español: salar · Français: saler · Deutsch: salzen · Italiano: salare · 日本語: 塩を加える
How do you pronounce salt up?
In American English /ˌsɔlt ˈʌp/; in British English /ˌsɔːlt ˈʌp/.
How do you use salt up in a sentence?
Salt up the potatoes before serving. He salted up the stew at the table.
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