Salty

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  • adjective. Of, containing, or seasoned with salt.
  • adjective. Suggestive of the sea or sailing life.
  • adjective. Witty; pungent; earthy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Somewhat salt; saltish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Somewhat salt; saltish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Tasting of salt.
  • adjective. Containing salt.
  • adjective. Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
  • adjective. Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  • adjective. Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt.
  • adjective. Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse ("self") instead of the Latin ille ("that").
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. containing or filled with salt
  • adjective. engagingly stimulating or provocative
  • adjective. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
  • Word Usage
    "Cornell Chicken is often served with Syracuse Salt Potatoes, small white local potatoes boiled in salty water."
    cross-reference
    pickle  
    Equivalent
    Form
    salty dog  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    faulty  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brackish  briny  chilly  clammy  cloying  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Attic  biting  blue  brackish  brackish  
    variant
    saltier  saltiest